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15/4/21

The Case For Lockdown Collapsed When Sweden’s Epidemic Began to Retreat

The argument for lockdowns made a clear prediction concerning what would happen in Sweden. But that prediction was wrong. Up to week 51, the country saw age-adjusted excess mortality of just 1.7%, below the EU average.

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12/4/21

Dutch Students “Made Little or No Progress While Learning From Home”, Study Concludes

What effect did school closures have on children's learning? A recent study found that Dutch students made considerably less progress in 2020 than in each of the three preceding years.

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10/4/21

Election Address by Boris Johns-On

There follows a letter that Paul Bird, a Lockdown Sceptics’ reader, imagines getting from Boris Johnson in the run up...

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6/4/21

Lockdown Fanatics Have Forgotten the Lesson of North Sentinel Island

By John Tamny John Tamny is a Vice President at FreedomWorks, editor of RealClearMarkets, and the author of the newly...

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31/3/21

We Cannot Afford to Censor Dissenting Voices During a Pandemic – Prof Martin Kulldorff

by Oliver May Now that we are allowed to meet up in groups of six outside their homes, Matt Hancock...

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27/3/21

Measure, Case, Health

by Sinéad Murphy One year later, and the Coronavirus Act that has enabled much of the UK Government’s lockdown has...

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25/3/21

Risk of Asymptomatic Spread Minimal. Variants Over-Hyped. Masks Pointless. An Interview With Professor Jay Bhattacharya

by Oliver May New variants are of no concern. There is no need to cancel summer holidays. Millions vaccinated, coupled...

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14/3/21

What Happened to the Good Old British Bobby?

by James Moreton Wakeley One of the most sublime hymns to England is to be found at the end of...

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8/3/21

Finland: The Covid Success Story No-One is Talking About

by Dr. Oliver Robinson Finland has not implemented a lockdown at any point during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, compared with...

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8/3/21

Can We Trust the Government Ever Again?

by Jonny Peppiatt This essay aims to highlight and address a single issue, and so, for that purpose, let us assume...

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