Tucker Carlson Monday questioned the logic and effectiveness of the ongoing restrictions across America in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
"We have a pretty good idea that targeted quarantines work. They've been used for centuries around the world, but that's not what we did. Instead, the United States and many other countries instituted mass quarantines in which governments shut down entire nations for long periods. That's never happened before," the "Tucker Carlson Tonight" host said Monday.
"Now, mass quarantine makes sense if you're fairly certain it will prevent mass infection. But are we certain of that? Well, despite what you might hear on television, we are not certain of that still. In fact, there's some indications it hasn't been as effective as we'd hoped it would be."
Carlson explained that despite the far-reaching nature of many states' restrictions, Americans are not living under strict quarantine. He specifically called out the logic allowing people out of their homes to go grocery shopping.
"The one place you can go is the supermarket. By the way, everyone else in your neighborhood has been this week. From an epidemiological standpoint, this is lunacy," Carlson said. "If you wanted to infect an entire population, you'd encourage everyone in a specific zip code to meet regularly in one ... (Read more)
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