Category: Is a lockdown necessary?
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Wall Street Journal: Lockdowns made pandemic suffering worse than necessary
The hardships experienced during the pandemic was worsened by lockdown dogmatism. In this article written and published by the Editorial Board of the Wall Street on March 11, 2021, we learn of the brewing discontent within the business industry with regard to the government’s coronavirus response. The authors say, “Lockdowns were understandable a year ago…given…
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Italy gearing for Easter lockdown, Germany declares third wave of cases
In this March 12, 2021 article for CNBC, Sam Meridith reports on the COVID developments in Germany and Italy. In a statement to the press released by Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases, he said that there are clear signs that a third wave is happening in Germany. Wieler says…
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Lockdowns have killed millions
This March 1, 2021 written and published by Sebastian Rushworth on his website tells us that the number of years of life lost due to lockdowns is many times greater than the number of years of life lost due to COVID-19. He says, “while almost all the people who have died of COVID have died…
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One year in lockdowns but governments still not in control of COVID-19
In this February 23, 2021 article for Mises Institute, author Anthony Rozmajzl discusses how lockdowns and all other coronavirus restrictions have failed to “flatten the curve”. Rozmajzl also looks at the inconsistencies in COVID-19 statistics by comparing Florida and California. He says that if we look at the real world data, we will find a…
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Newsweek: Lockdown has no clear benefit vs. Voluntary measures
In this January 14, 2021 article for Newsweek, Natalie Colarossi looks at the results of an international study published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation which showed that there was “no clear, significant beneficial effect of [more restrictive measures] on case growth in any country”. The article also cited other studies conducted in 2020…
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New cases plummeting and it is not due to vaccines
Cases around the world are plummeting, but it isn’t because of the vaccines and the lockdowns. In this February 26, 2021 article for Off Guardian, explains that the drop in COVID cases, deaths, and hospitalizations are in fact an effect of the lower testing thresholds, as was directed by the World Health Organization [see WHO…
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Inside the Zero Covid Cult
The following article was written by Freddie Sayers, executive director of Unherd. It was published last February 4, 2021. In this article, Sayers relays his experience in attending an online event organized by Yaneer Bar-Yam entitled Covid Community Action Summit. According to Sayers, organizers of the event pushed for the total elimination of COVID in…
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Were lockdowns worth it?
The following is a 30-minute video update from Ivor Cummings published last February 14, 2021 [see The truth about COVID-19: What data and science tells us for his earlier video]. In it, Cummings looks at the data of COVID deaths in the world as he seeks to understand whether lockdowns truly did mitigate the spread…
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Dr. Reiner Fuellmich issues cease and desist papers to Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten
The following is an unofficial English translation published by the Corman-Drosten Review Report (CDRR) [this is the same group that demanded the retraction of the Corman-Drosten Report, see Scientists call for retraction of Corman-Drosten paper]. Though Dr. Fuellmich is not associated with CDRR, the organization decided to republish the cease and desist paper as it…
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The world is seeing a decline in new COVID cases compared to the past two months
In this article for ANCX, an international news platform created by the Philippines’ ABS-CBN, infectious diseases and clinical pharmacology expert Dr. Benjamin Co looks at the numbers from the Philippines’ Department of Health and global data from Worldometers.info, Ourworldindata.org, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the New York Times to assess the state of COVID-19…
