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What Policies Actually Matter To COVID?

Lockdowns may just give illusion of control, at great social and economic cost

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has claimed that her policies have saved lives. Click on the graphic below to see the rate of deaths due to COVID-19 in Michigan, along a timeline that lays out the state’s executive orders and directives.

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