Imagine if we had used even a fraction of the resources spent to lock down the entire population and focused on providing assistance and protection to the most vulnerable—the elderly and those with serious medical conditions. We could have protected these people and still had an economy to go back to when the virus had run its course. And it wouldn’t have cost us $6 trillion dollars either.<br /><br />This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.<br /><br />Original article: <a href="https://mises.org/power-market/what-if-lockdown-was-all-big-mistake" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://mises.org/power-market/what-if-lockdown-was-all-big-mistake</a><br /><br />Audio Mises Wire is also available on...<br />iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1352505416" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1352505416</a><br />Google Play: <a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Iduao2x6ucqse7ykgvsogvhkr6m?t=Audio_Mises_Wire" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://play.google.com/music/m/Iduao2x6ucqse7ykgvsogvhkr6m?t=Audio_Mises_Wire</a><br />Stitcher: <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mises-institute/audio-mises-wire?refid=stpr" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mises-institute/audio-mises-wire?refid=stpr</a><br />Soundcloud: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/misesmedia/sets/audio-mises-wire" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://soundcloud.com/misesmedia/sets/audio-mises-wire</a><br />and via RSS: <a href="https://mises.org/itunes/689" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://mises.org/itunes/689</a><br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0zax6v8-NI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0zax6v8-NI</a>