Must Read: The Atlantic Asks for COVID Amnesty – Emily Burns Says "No Thank You"
“There was no mistake. There was a political calculation that harmed us, but even more, that harmed our children.”
After shutting down debate and declaring “the Science ™ is settled,” the people in charge would very much like to proclaim, “We did the best we could; we didn’t know any better.”
But after ignoring the signals of harm while silencing their critics, there is no doubt they knew what they were doing. And if we allow them to get away scot-free this time, what’s to stop them from doing it again?
Emily Burns writes:
Emily [Oster of the Atlantic] is asking us to forgive a mistake. There was no mistake. There was a political calculation that harmed us, but even more, that harmed our children.
Amnesty?!...How about prison.
That she uses the word 'amnesty' is a clear indication she is aware, at some level, of the real hurt, the evil that was done.