Tag: lockdowns

4 Myths About Pandemic Preparedness

Commentary We are assured by the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the G20, and their friends that pandemics pose an existential threat to our survival and well-being. Pandemics are becoming more common, and if we don’t move urgently we will have ourselves to blame for more mass death of the “next pandemic.” The proof of this is the catastrophic…


Gaslighting Is the Word of the Year for Good Reason

Commentary Every year Merriam-Webster picks a word to capture the culture of a moment in time. The choice is based on the frequency and quantity of search as well as the departure from the norm. This year the choice seems perfect: gaslighting. It’s drawn from the 1944 film noir starring Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman….


How Deep Is the Corruption?

Commentary The collapse of FTX is not just another crypto scam gone bust due to changed market prices. In its brief life of three years, stretching from 2019 to 2022, it became the 2nd biggest crypto exchange on the planet with billions in venture funding and a million customers. It also had enormous influence over…


UK’s COVID Lockdown Babies Experiencing ‘Ongoing’ Negative Impacts: Report

The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns on babies’ language and social skills are still “ongoing,” according to a report published on Wednesday. The report (pdf), published by the Institute of Health Visiting and charity alliance First 1001 Days Movement, includes a review of relevant reports, research, and national data, and the results of…


MPs Warn Official COVID Inquiry Could Be ‘Blinded’ to the Impact of Lockdowns

MPs have criticised the COVID Inquiry for being heavily weighted towards organisations and individuals that advocated for earlier or harder lockdowns. A group of 21 MPs and peers have voiced their concerns in a letter to the inquiry chairman that it is “surprising” that there appears to be no representation of the many families bereaved…


How Money From Gates and FTX Bought Scientific Silence

Commentary Looking back, it’s utterly bizarre how the world of science could have gone so silent even as the world locked down and lives were shattered by the billions by governments the world over. The silence was deafening. We went from a March 2, 2020, letter signed by 800 public health experts associated with Yale…


Cory Morgan: Latest Push for Mask Mandates a Worrying Trend of Coercion Becoming Normalized Sans Pandemic

Commentary The default setting for Canadian rights should be freedom. Incursions upon any freedoms by the government should only be done as an absolute last resort, no matter how minor those incursions may feel to some people. While it’s not surprising to see some fearmongering politicians and legacy media outlets implying we need legislated mask…


They Will Lock You Down Again

Commentary The lords of lockdown barely escaped their worst possible fate, namely that the topic would become the national and international source of scandal that it should be. And let’s add the vaccine mandates here too: even if such had been morally justified, which they were not, there is absolutely no practical reason for them…


Lockdowns Kept Children From Acquiring Immunity to Contagious Respiratory Virus: Ontario Pediatrician

With respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surging coast to coast, children’s hospitals have been reporting long wait times and overwhelmed emergency rooms due to unprecedented cases of the highly contagious illness, which causes cold-like symptoms in older children but can be very serious in infants. Children usually accumulate immunity over time to RSV, according to Dr….


Maybe the Fed Too Was Trolled

Commentary The Federal Reserve—and central banks the world over—played a crucial role in making lockdowns possible and weaponizing the panic of politicians. As the lender of last resort and the provider of liquidity for the entire federal government, it removes normal fiscal restraint. It writes checks that cannot bounce to fuel governments in normal times…