California, NY Failed in Handling COVID-19, Florida Among the Best: Report

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California and New York handled COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions the worst, according to a new report.

Other than New York and California, New Jersey and Illinoisโ€”all Democrat-led statesโ€”were among the worst in dealing with COVID-19, said a study from the conservative Committee To Unleash Prosperity, a conservative-leaning group.

โ€œShutting down their economies and schools was by far the biggest mistake governors and state officials made during COVID, particularly in blue states,โ€ Stephen Moore, a co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, told Fox News on Monday, adding that the bottom states in the report had the most severe pandemic restrictions. โ€œWe hope the results of this study will persuade governors not to close schools and businesses the next time we have a new virus variant.โ€

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, all Democrats, directed states that โ€œhad 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,โ€ the report found. Cuomo resigned last August and was replaced by Democrat Kathy Hochul.

โ€œThe 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,โ€ the report found. โ€œStates with strict lockdowns had virtually no better performance in COVID death rates than states that remained mostly open for business.โ€

According to the report, cited by Fox, 13 of the 15 top-performing states were governed by Republicans. Montana, which was counted among those states, had a Democrat governor until after the 2020 election.

Utah, Nebraska, Vermont, and Florida, which are all governed by Republicans, performed the best in different metrics, according to the report. Vermont has a Democrat-dominated state Assembly and Senate, and its voters overwhelmingly favored President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

In terms of education disruptions caused by COVID-19 policies, the report found that California came in 50th place, while New York came in 33rd.

By Jack Phillips

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