Categories for Lockdowns and Restrictions

5/11/21

Safetyism Kills

The FT reports that rich countries have given more *booster* doses than poor countries have given *total* doses. Why so few doses in poor countries? Rich countries wasted millions on young healthy people.

5/10/21

Why Are People’s Risk Perceptions So Skewed?

For months, we’ve been treated to morbid ‘daily death numbers’ – but for only one cause of death. Perhaps if these figures had been reported for all causes of death, people’s risk perceptions would be less skewed.

4/10/21

Democrats Still Dramatically Overestimate the Risks of COVID-19

In a recent Gallup poll, 41% of Democrats said the risk of hospitalisation for those who aren't vaccinated is at least 50%. Given such skewed risk perceptions, is it any surprise that COVID theatre is still with us?

27/9/21

Why Did So Few Economists Speak Out Against Lockdown?

Why did so few economists speak out against lockdowns? Mikko Packalen and Jay Bhattacharya note that economists are members of the 'laptop class', and that over the years, the field has become more technocratic.

22/9/21

Women Are Consistently More Pro-Lockdown, Study Finds

Researchers analysed data from eight countries, and found a consistent gender difference in attitudes to lockdown, with women being more pro-lockdown. This is despite the fact that COVID-19 is more lethal in men.

7/9/21

Evolutionary Insights on Lockdowns

Leading evolutionary scientists have expressed concern about the impact of lockdown on our exposure to novel pathogens. Proper cognitive development, they note, “requires adequate and diverse microbial exposure”.

1/9/21

Justifications for Lockdown Have Implications That Most People Would Not Accept, Say Philosophers

There’s been very little debate about whether lockdowns are justified ethically. In a new paper, two philosophers argue that each of the main justifications for lockdown has implications most people would not accept.

19/8/21

Walkabout

by George Santayana *Spoiler alert*: There is a moment in one of the Mad Max films where Max and his...

18/8/21

The History of the Decline and Fall of Conservatism

by Dr. James Alexander The Covid crisis is of great political significance. It may in fact mark the end of...

3/8/21

An Interview With Philippe Lemoine

Philippe Lemoine’s articles on the pandemic are required reading. We asked him about the case against lockdowns, why epidemiological models have fared so poorly, and what Emmanuel Macron should have done last year.

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