Commentary Last week, University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan, COVID expert Phil Kerpen, and I released a study in the National Bureau of Economic Research that graded the states on their COVID performance. The study’s findings have spread throughout the country at warp speed. The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, New York Post, Daily Mail, and even media in Europe…
What Happened on the Junket to China in February 2020?
Commentary The last two years have been such a disorienting blizzard of shock and awe that it is truly hard to keep up. We went from lockdowns to mitigation theater to mandates so quickly, and now one gets the feeling that we aren’t supposed to think or talk about any of this. We are just…
The ‘Nudge’
“Our most sacred rights were interfered with,” Laura Dodsworth says of the COVID-19 lockdowns. In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek speaks with writer and filmmaker Laura Dodsworth about the ways governments in the UK and beyond have used subliminal methods to secretly manipulate the public, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic….
Facts Matter (April 14): Biden’s Employer Mandate REINSTATED By Appeals Court; Mask Mandate Extended; More Coming
April 14, 2022
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Despite the fact that most Americans are over COVID-19, have gotten back to their regular lives, and just wish to move on, it looks like government officials have some other ideas. Just one week ago, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the vaccine mandate on federal employees. The Department of Defense is currently engaged in…
Report Highlights Cost of Pandemic School Closures, Limited Effectiveness of Lockdowns
A working paper that examined how U.S. states responded to the COVID-19 pandemic found that states with strict lockdowns and other COVID-19 policies did little to prevent COVID-19 deaths, but those economic restrictions and school closures proved costly in other ways. “School closures may ultimately prove to be the most costly policy decision of the…
Lockdowns, Not the Pandemic, Created Havoc
Commentary It may be years before we fully realize the ramifications of the lockdown policies governments around the world have imposed on their citizens in response to COVID-19, but evidence of the costs is starting to trickle in. A recent study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveyed thousands of high school…
The CCP Escalates Crackdown on Public Opinion Amid Growing Anti-Lockdown Criticism
Amid growing cries from residents about hardships in Shanghai, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) strengthened its control of public opinion in China, seeking to further crackdown on those who voice concerns about the draconian lockdown policies. On April 8, the Shanghai office of the Cyberspace Administration of China said it would crack down on rumors…
Local Officials in China Accused of Concealing COVID-19 Data Fearing Backlash from Beijing
Local officials in China have been accused of not reporting data on COVID-19 positive cases in fear of a backlash from Beijing. Instead, the authorities have extended the draconian lockdown policies in an attempt to contain the virus. Some experts have called China’s “dynamic zero-COVID” policy a measure driven by political motives. An independent analyst…
US Tells Non-Essential Diplomatic Staff to Leave Shanghai as Lockdowns Drag On
April 12, 2022
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The U.S. State Department has told all non-essential consular staff that they must leave the Chinese city of Shanghai, as China sticks to its inflexible policies in attempting to squash its COVID-19 outbreaks. The April 11 announcement is an update from last week when Washington authorized non-emergency workers to depart U.S. Consulate General Shanghai on a…
Delayed Development? Teens in the Pandemic Era
April 11, 2022
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A high school senior from California described teen COVID-19 mental fallout in a nutshell: “It’s not that I’m mad that I missed the events. I wouldn’t have gone to prom anyway. I just feel bad about all the experiences I missed that never had the chance to happen. I wonder what those years would have…
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