if you compare rural states that lockdown verse rural states that didn’t there isn’t much of a difference in death rates of the populations. The article is long, but worth a read as that not the only point he points to.
“The states that locked down at first but were quick to reopen have not seen explosions of coronavirus cases. All of this is the opposite of what they said would happen with great confidence.”
Take Georgia for example. “
Some health experts worried that the reopening, combined with the state's limited testing capability, could lead to an increase in cases that could overwhelm hospitals, such as
happened in Albany, Georgia, in the early days of the pandemic. So far, that fear has not been borne out. The preliminary data suggests that reopening has not led to a spike in cases --“
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/us/georgia-coronavirus/index.html
Tucker’s article continued,”
“The media predicted mass death at places like Lake of the Ozarks and Ocean City, Md. -- places where the middle class dares to vacation. But those deaths never happened.”
He also rightly points out the liberal politician that imposed lockdowns and the media threw a fit when protestors of the lockdown protested and didn’ practice social distancing, but they were fine with the “protesters” not doing the same with George Floyd protests, even if they were rioting along with it. Pure hypocrisy! “Here's the same brain dead news anchor you just saw less than a week later. He is no longer angry, you'll notice, about Americans going outside. As long as they are rioting and burning and not doing something sinful, like swimming with their children, he is delighted by it.”