{"id":1428626,"date":"2022-04-11T09:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T13:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1428626"},"modified":"2022-04-11T09:14:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T13:14:42","slug":"study-california-and-new-york-handled-lockdowns-the-worst-florida-among-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-california-and-new-york-handled-lockdowns-the-worst-florida-among-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: California and New York Handled Lockdowns the Worst, Florida Among the Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudy-california-and-new-york-handled-lockdowns-the-worst-florida-among-the-best%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1428626&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A new study has graded states by how well they handled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coronavirus<\/a> pandemic and its subsequent restrictions and lockdowns, showing a stark contrast between liberal and conservative states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Committee To Unleash Prosperity study compared state performance on metrics including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">education<\/a>, and mortality from the virus, and examined how states and their respective governments handled the pandemic response.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shutting down their economies and schools was by far the biggest mistake governors and state officials made during COVID, particularly in blue states,&#8221; Steve Moore, co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, told Fox News Digital. &#8220;We hope the results of this study will persuade governors not to close schools and businesses the next time we have a new virus variant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>New York, California, New Jersey and Illinois were among the worst in dealing with the coronavirus, performing &#8220;poorly on every measure,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/coronavirus-lockdowns-teens-health-issues-cdc-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GOVERNMENT-MANDATED COVID LOCKDOWNS SPARKED SEVERE HEALTH CRISIS AMONG TEENS AS TEACHERS&#8217; UNIONS PUSHED POLICY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These states &#8220;had high age-adjusted death rates; they had high unemployment and significant GDP losses, and they kept their schools shut down much longer than almost all other states,&#8221; the report added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/640\/320\/California-Coronavirus-Pandemic-AP.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"People enjoy the hot weather on Santa Monica Beach in California on March 31, 2021.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      People enjoy the hot weather on Santa Monica Beach in California on March 31, 2021.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>States like Utah, Nebraska, Vermont, Montana, South Dakota and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> \u2014 all governed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a> \u2014 received the highest scores in the study, first through sixth, respectively. In fact, 13 of the top 15 states in the study are governed by Republicans. (Montana had a Democratic governor until the 2020 election.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/teen-suicide-attempts-spike-covid-lockdowns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TEEN SUICIDE ATTEMPTS SPIKED DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS: CDC<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The study also found no correlation in those states that enacted stringent travel, vocation and dining restrictions with lower death totals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/640\/320\/ISTOCK_vaccination.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The study verifies other studies which have found that locking down businesses, stores, churches, schools, and restaurants had almost no impact on health outcomes across states,&#8221; the report determined. &#8220;States with strict lockdowns had virtually no better performance in COVID death rates than states that remained mostly open for business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/Newsom-DeSantis-.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Govs. Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Govs. Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Throughout the first two years of the pandemic, liberal states were widely applauded for their restrictions while conservative states were lambasted.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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