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How Did a Temporary Plan to Flatten the Curve Turn Into Two-Three Months of Near-Universal House Arrest?

The U.S. didn’t lock down during previous pandemics — specifically during the flu of 1968-’69 and 1957; or during polio in 1949’52; or during the flu of 1918 — so why did it happen in 2020?

From social distancing to face masks and more, a proposition put forth by two federal government doctors in 2006 may be the core reason why neither legal nor economic experts were brought in to help decide to close down the country for months. Add to that a pandemic modeling plan created that same year by a 14-year-old girl, who today refuses to be interviewed, and you have a formula for the near-universal house arrest that is occurring today.

SOURCE: American Institute for Economic Research May 15, 2020