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Here's How Much Damage To The Country Was The Result Of Our Insane COVID-Era Policies

A new paper from the Federal Reserve demonstrates how devastating US policy was for the future of the country

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Ian Miller
Jul 07, 2026
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The resulting side effects of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been so large, prolific, and destructive that we have yet to fully comprehend or understand them.

Learning loss among school children was so catastrophic that an entire generation has been set back in educational attainment and growth.

Mask mandates in healthcare settings are now a permanent fixture in places like the San Francisco Bay Area, where hospitals mandate everyone in their facilities wear masks from November on, regardless of respiratory virus levels in the community.

Then there’s the ancillary outcomes that have permanently changed the composition and construction of major American cities.

And now we have new research on just how substantive and harmful those changes have been, particularly as a result of absurd policies adopted as a result of the pandemic and the 2020 election.

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