Have the COVID lockdown's been worth it? What has been their impact upon the church and culture? What factors should we consider before locking down again? We close out the last ten minutes with a brief election prediction.
COVID Lockdown Resourceshttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/magazine/why-are-more-american-teenagers-than-ever-suffering-from-severe-anxiety.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap (NY Times article on severe depression/anxiety).
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/28/dr-fauci-warns-of-a-whole-lot-of-pain-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic-in-the-coming-months-.html?fbclid=IwAR2-ZsDMut7y0qjE3b4-J9mA0XtubPh4my-oZxyA-DeEVYeIxyfWIiofJhw (Fauci warns of "coming pain").
https://gbdeclaration.org/ (The Great Barrington Declaration).
https://www.axios.com/france-coronavirus-covid19-second-lockdown-09bb13b2-e758-467b-bd71-f337142b9bda.html (France imposes second round of lockdowns).
https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/coronavirus-who-backflips-on-virus-stance-by-condemning-lockdowns/news-story/f2188f2aebff1b7b291b297731c3da74 (WHO condemns lockdowns): “Lockdowns just have one consequence that you must never ever belittle, and that is making poor people an awful lot poorer,” Dr. David Nabarro.
Election Tracking ResourcesHelmut Norpoth, one of the few experts who predicted a Trump win in 2016, is again predicting a Trump victory. "http://primarymodel.com/2020-1 (The Primary Model)" is giving Trump at 91%-chance of winning re-election.
Instead of trusting the polls, it is the vote-by-mail and in-person-early-voting that we should be watching. You should follow https://twitter.com/LarrySchweikart?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (Larry Schweikart), author of A Patriot's History of the United States. Schweikart provides some excellent election analysis of the Battleground States he sees favoring Trump.
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