Category: Is a lockdown necessary?
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WHO Chief: Blanket Travel Bans Will Not Prevent International Spread of Omicron Variant
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned countries about issuing blanket travel bans on countries reporting new variants. This story was covered by Xinhua and was republished by Manila Bulletin last December 1, 2021. In a press briefing, Ghebreyesus said that “blunt, blanket measures” introduced by some member states are not “evidence-based or…
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Sweden: The Disaster That Never Came
This article was written by Johan Anderberg, author of the book “Flocken” which discusses Sweden’s pandemic strategy. It was published in Swedish by Sydsvenskan last November 1, 2021. In this article, Anderberg reminds us of how, at the beginning of the pandemic, international media bashed Sweden’s chosen pandemic strategy. He also points out how despite…
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Austrian chancellor mulls lockdown for unvaccinated
In this October 23, 2021 article, The Associated Press reports on the recent pronouncements of Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg following the “rapidly increasing [COVID] case numbers” in the country. Schallenderg says “The pandemic is not yet in the rearview mirror…We are about to stumble into a pandemic of the unvaccinated”. According to Schallenberg, if the…
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German Court rules 2020 COVID curfews were illegal
A ruling from an Administrative Court in Ansbach, a city in the German state of Bavaria declared that the restrictions imposed on April 1 to 19, 2020 were “ineffective” and violated “the prohibition of excess from higher ranking law”. Original report on this was released by Die Welt but was rewritten in English by David…
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COVID cases in UK continue to fall despite lifting of restrictions
In this August 10, 2021 article for Foundation for Economic Education, Jon Miltimore assesses the impact of the lifting of all coronavirus restrictions in the UK. According to Miltimore, the actual results of “Freedom Day” are contrary to all expert projections. As of August 8, 2021, the data is showing a 40% drop in COVID…
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SAGE adviser: Lockdowns can no longer be justified
Professor Andrew Hayward, a University of College London epidemiologist and a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) says that future restrictions to control viral outbreaks should target only the most vulnerable instead of disrupting everyone’s lives. This report is written by Emily Craig and was published by Daily Mail last August 11,…
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Australian military troops sent to Sydney to help enforce new coronavirus lockdown
This article was written by Scott Newman and was published by NPR last July 30, 2021. According to Newman, Australian soldiers have joined the local police in New South Wales in enforcing coronavirus lockdowns in Sydney. The new lockdown which was scheduled to begin last August 2, 2021, is another attempt at tamping down the…
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Stanford’s Dr. John Ioannidis destroys the Covid lockdown narrative
The following is a 1-hour 47-minute talk given by Dr. John P.A. Ioannidis to the University of Salzburg last June 26, 2021. He is a Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Health, and (by courtesy) of Biomedical Data Science, Statistics, and Co-Director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at the University of Stanford (METRICS). Prof. Ioannidis…
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Scientists at Munich University found German infection rate already falling before lockdown
In this June 3, 2021 article for The Telegraph, Justin Huggler reports on the findings of a new research conducted by statisticians at Munich University. According to the study, there is “no direct connection” between the German lockdown and the falling infection rates in the country. The researchers also discovered that the infection rates were…
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Sweden was right: No need for lockdowns, universal masking
The following article was written by Eyal Shahar, physician, researcher, and former professor of epidemiology at the University of Arizona and the University of Minnesota.[efn_note]http://www.u.arizona.edu/~shahar/cv.html[/efn_note]. It was published by Medium on May 29, 2021. In this article, Shahar shows us the conclusive evidence that Sweden’s no-lockdown approach was right all along. He introduces to us…
