Categories for Lockdowns and Restrictions

Covid Bias at the BMJ

Once a bastion of an evidence-based approach, the BMJ became biased towards lockdown and lost its way, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. History will judge that the lack of debate in its pages was a serious error.

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Australia’s Covid Response Caused Significant Harm, Yet Another Official Report Finds

Yet another report – this time from the Human Rights Commission – has found that Australia's Covid response caused significant harm. But there's a blind spot, says Rebekah Barnett: the vaccine mandates get a pass.

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How Political Theorists Let Us Down During COVID-19

When the state confined whole populations to their homes and bossed us around for years during Covid, where were the philosophers who say they love liberty? Cheering on the authoritarians, says Prof James Alexander.

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The Covid Dossier: A Record of Military and Intelligence Coordination of COVID-19

Debbie Lerman and Sasha Latypova present the Covid Dossier: a record of the global military and intelligence coordination of the response to COVID-19, country by country. This was no mere public health response.

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US Withdrawal From WHO Leaves Real Problems Unaddressed

The problem with blaming Covid and the deadly global response on the WHO is that the pandemic industrial complex is much bigger than the WHO. Leaving it is not enough, says Dr David Bell.

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Have Covid Travel Requirements Gone Away?

Back in 2022 and 2023 when Covid travel restrictions and vaccine passports were all the rage Dr Roger Watson published his country-by-country guide. Now, in 2025, he takes a look to see if any are still at it.

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Justin Trudeau, Last of the Democratically-Elected Lockdown Tyrants, Resigns in Tears

Justin Trudeau has resigned, having lost the confidence of his party. This is bad news for Starmer and another sign electorates are fed up with radical progressive zealotry dressed up as technocratic managerialism.

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Why We’ll Have to Wait a Long Time for Lockdown Mea Culpas

It's tremendous to see 2025 kicking off with more from the Times about the devastating effect of lockdowns on children. But we'll be waiting a long time for genuine mea culpas, says Joanna Gray, for one very simple reason.

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To Manifest a Crisis

The word of the year is "Manifest", says the Cambridge Dictionary. What does it mean? Here's an example, says Prof James Alexander: public health busybodies were 'manifesting' when they confected the Covid 'pandemic'.

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The Covid “Lessons Learned” Report From the U.S. House of Representatives is Right to Condemn Lockdowns But Why Does it Want to Give More Power to the WHO?

The Covid "lessons learned" report from the U.S. House of Representatives is right to condemn lockdowns, says Dr. David Bell. But why then does it want to give more power to the WHO?

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