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Critics of the lockdowns have been warning about the negative consequences of shutting down the economy and locking people inside their homes. While the media presents constant updates about the death toll and number of coronavirus cases, rarely is the damage caused by the lockdowns presented for the public to see. One has to search for it, but it's there.
For example, a new study analyzing income and poverty amid the coronavirus pandemic found that nearly 8 million Americans fell into poverty over the Summer. According to James X. Sullivan, one of the study's authors and a professor at Notre Dame, it's the largest jump in poverty during a single year since the government first began tracking poverty 60 years ago. It's also close to double the second-largest rise in poverty, the oil crisis of 1979 and 1980.