“That the model numbers changed between no social distancing and social distancing is not an argument against social distancing, but an argument in favor of it. What happened with social distancing in place is not evidence of how fine things would have been without social distancing.”
Absolute bullshit. The 2.2 million deaths were without social distancing, 240,000 were with those measures in place. The numbers have been constantly revised down since then. The models were crap, and allowed politicians to go nuts and implement ridiculous policies that added nothing to public health but are crushing the economy. Reasonable measures could have limited exposure to those most at risk and slowed the inevitable spread of the disease. Instead, we’ve “cured” the patient by killing him.
It’s all bullshit. No one can prove social distancing does anything.
I can just as easily claim we didn’t get 5 million deaths because the government forced us to stand on one leg twice a day.