Categories for Lockdowns and Restrictions
Four Years Later
Four years after the advent of Covid lockdowns, what precisely was the point of the hell we went through, asks Jeffrey Tucker. Who did it and why? Why did it last so long? Why has there been no official accounting?
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Furlough Didn’t Save Millions of Jobs – It Led to a Welfare Crisis
Furlough didn’t save millions of jobs – its true costs are only now becoming clear, says Fraser Nelson. "The £70bn scheme led to a welfare crisis, not a jobs recovery."
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Lockdowns Were “For the Sake of It”, Former Minister Tells Covid Inquiry
Lockdowns in Wales were "for the sake of it", a former Government Minister has told the Covid Inquiry. The country just wanted to be seen to be different to England.
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The WHO Pandemic Agreement is Not Just Worrying – It’s Also Really Stupid
The WHO Pandemic Agreement has worried many, and justifiably so, as it further empowers the WHO and the whole pandemic preparedness crowd. But what it proposes is also really stupid, says Eugyppius.
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The Fairy Tale of Pandemic Risk
For decades, life expectancies have been rising globally while infectious disease deaths have plummeted. This should have prevented the rise of the pandemic preparedness industry. But the WHO had other ideas.
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If You Think Parliament Will Get Any Opportunity to Scrutinise the WHO Pandemic Treaty, Think Again
The WHO Pandemic Treaty is a legally binding agreement that will commit the U.K. to adopt all measures set out by the Director-General during a future 'pandemic'. Yet Parliament will at no point scrutinise or vote on it.
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The Great Reset Didn’t Work: The Case of EVs
The bottom has fallen out of the EV market as consumers wake up to the drawbacks. Jeffrey Tucker argues that behind the boom was the illusion created by lockdown that EVs were paradigmatic of the 'Great Reset'.
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The WHO Overplays its Hand and Watches Support Drain Away
The WHO has overplayed its hand and support for its global technocratic ambitions is draining away, say Molly Kingsley and Ben Kingsley. Key deadlines are being missed as agreement on the Pandemic Treaty remains elusive.
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Lockdowns Caused Hundreds of Thousands of ‘Deaths of Despair’ But Our Political Elites Still Refuse to Acknowledge This
Lockdowns and the rest of the hysterical Covid response were responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in the U.S., says Dr. Toby Rogers, yet even now our political elites refuse to acknowledge this.
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Lockdown Was Ruinous and Masks Were Useless. Here’s What Worked For My Business
Lockdowns were the worst way to respond to the virus, says business owner Alastair MacMillan, who shares his experience of what seemed to work (vitamin D, air cleaners) and what didn't (masks and vaccines).
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