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title: ""Let’s say that the net number of deaths avoided, over the course of…"
date: 2020-11-25
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# "Let’s say that the net number of deaths avoided, over the course of…

*November 25, 2020 · Facebook*

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\"Let's say that the net number of deaths avoided, over the course of the response to Covid, by government lockdowns and other restrictions will, in the end, top out at 1,000,000 -- which, in my opinion, is wildly excessive (but we'll go with it here). And let's take Tyler's example of an excessive monetary value-of-individual life of \$4 million. The result is that the Covid lockdowns saved \$4 trillion worth of human life.\
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As of September 30th, the U.S. government alone had spent, in response to Covid-19, \$1.62 trillion. I cannot find a reliable figure that's more up-to-date. But taking into account all that the U.S. government has spent additionally since September 30th because of Covid -- and also into account what it will spend in the future -- and adding to this sum the total amount of money spent by state and local governments in response to Covid, surely we're getting close to -- and perhaps much in excess of -- \$4 trillion.\"\
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[https://www.aier.org/article/tyler-vs-tyler/](https://www.aier.org/article/tyler-vs-tyler/){target="_blank"}
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