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Podcast: The Bill Walton Show
Episode: "Weighing the Cost of Panic" with Jay Richards and John Tamny
Description: In this episode, Bill talks with Jay Richards and John Tamny about the Covid-19 pandemic and the trade-offs between freedom and government mandated “safety.” Should governments have simply provided people with information about risks and precautionary measures, or were the microscopic instructions, lockdowns and mask mandates necessary? At this point the answer seems pretty clear. “We're a full year into this and we've got a lot of empirical data,” Jay explains. “We have Florida and New York to compare, as well as other states, so it's not as if we're in a position where we do...