Are lockdowns justified?

[arewethereyet]

Really?  I hear on the radio about about the increasing cases in the surrounding counties since spring break and everything opening back up right before that.  I live in North Texas.

I don't know now. My echo-chamber is full of stories such as this one: https://fee.org/articles/texas-hits-reco...trictions/
The raw data, by the government, is available here: https://tabexternal.dshs.texas.gov/t/THD...y&:embed=y
Either way, cases have been falling in Texas since March the 2nd, when the lockdown and mask mandate was lifted. Perhaps not as dramatically as that article by Foundation for Economic Education would lead you to believe, but they are definitely not increasing.

Okay - I live here and hear these things in real time.  How many new cases and how many new deaths.  

The published reports are behind...they are always behind with counts.  What I hear are what local hospital are reporting to local media regarding the previous day. 

Overall cases are down some because people are getting vaccinated and others have already had COVID.  That doesn't mean that there hasn't been an increase since the mask mandate was lifted.  And, by the way, most businesses in my experience are still requiring masks.  That there isn't a mandate doesn't mean everyone caught The Stupid from Gov. Abbott.