Lock-downs or quarantines have throughout the ages been used as a policy for managing infectious illness. During epidemics and pandemics we have segregated the sick and the susceptible.
However the unprecedented response to Covid-19 has been to also severely restrict the healthy, and those in low risk age brackets.
This is a new experiment on a global scale which has had severely damaging effects on mental and physical health, relationships, education, employment, and widespread permanent closure of small and medium businesses.
The full impact will not be able to be identified for many years.
Deaths of despair are a very real long term consequence which alone are likely to exceed true Covid caused deaths.
The effectiveness of lock-down strategies in reducing the viral impact has never been supported by evidence-based science.
As the wave of deaths and hospitalizations subsides, many governments are increasingly mandating severe restrictions on freedom of movement.
It is becoming clearer that we are having Unalienable rights over-ridden by increasingly authoritarian dictates.
Draconian policies can not be justified.
Videos:
22 April, 2023 (podcast) – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Lockdowns: Excerpt from the Announcement Speech
On April 19, 2023, Robert F. Kennedy announced his intention to challenge Biden in the Democratic primary for president. As part of his announcement speech in Boston, he spoke bluntly about Covid lockdowns
15 September, 2021 – COVID-19 POLICY – EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE
August, 2021
March 23, 2021 – BREAKING: Sweden Admits People Not Dying at Higher Rate Due to Pandemic
No Science, No Shutdown
What No-one Is Saying About The Lockdowns!
Dolores Cahill – Time For Change Protest – Dublin
Watch Censored WORLD DOCTORS ALLIANCE Announce Lawsuit Against COVID-19 Global Lockdown
MANDATORY COVID CAMPS BEGIN
Second Wave Of Politicized Lockdowns Missing Science and Sanity – The Highwire
The Great Barrington Declaration and Herd immunity
CDC Director says There are More Suicides and Overdoses than COVID Deaths
Scott Atlas: I’m disgusted and dismayed
Research and articles:
30 August, 2023 – More on “What have we done to our children” -a quasi-experimental study on German school closures in 2020
“We show that prolonged school closures led to a substantial deterioration in youth health-related quality of life, precipitating early signs of mental health problems. The effects were most severe among boys, younger adolescents, and families with limited living space. “
From the opening paragraph of the “Results” section:
“The results show that each additional week of school closure is associated with a decrease in HRQoL (0.107 SD, P < 0.001) and increases in psychosomatic symptoms (0.072 SD, P < 0.05), behavioral and emotional health problems (0.089 SD, P < 0.05), and depressive symptoms (0.079 SD, P < 0.05). For the time period under study, there are no effects on anxiety symptoms.”
HRQoL = health-related quality of life
23 August, 2023 – Ethical boundaries in medical decision-making can be blurred by circumstances
The debate as to how much “pandemic” harm was caused not by a virus, but rather by the dystopian response to the perceived threat of a virus, has been raging for some time now.
Jonathan tweeted about this last year in relation to Lombardy and that thread was turned into this Panda article.
An analysis of the spatial characteristics of deaths during the spring 2020 wave in Northern Italy was carried out by him along with a Panda colleague; this suggested that it looked nothing like a spreading virus, and more like the sudden imposition of a policy response.
27 May, 2023 – Lockdowns “Harmed Hundreds of Millions of People for Years to Come” – Major Study
Reviewing and synthesising 600 publications focused on the impact of the pandemic response, Dr. Kevin Bardosh of the Universities of Washington and Edinburgh concluded that these wide and deep societal harms “should challenge the dominant mental model of the pandemic response”.
Lockdowns harm major study pdf
11 May, 2023 – The Longer Students Were Out of School, the Less They Learned
This paper in Taylor & Francis Online concludes that the longer students were out of school, the less they learned. It is estimated that for every week that schools were closed, learning levels declined by almost 1% of a standard deviation. This means that a 20 week closure, for example, would reduce learning outcomes by 0.20 standard deviation, almost one year of schooling.
23 April, 2023 – How many did the lockdowns kill?
In South Asia, for instance, a 2021 United Nations report estimates that lockdowns resulted in some 239,000 maternal and child deaths.
This is a figure higher than the total COVID-19 deaths in the region to date and by now likely might have doubled.
In 2020 alone, worldwide, 267,000 children under age 5 in low- and middle-income countries perished because of lockdowns.
25 August, 2022 – Research Reveals COVID Lockdowns Claimed 20x More Life Years Than They Saved
“The comparative analysis of different countries showed that the assumption of lockdowns’ effectiveness cannot be supported by evidence—neither regarding the present COVID-19 pandemic, nor regarding the 1918–1920 Spanish Flu and other less-severe pandemics in the past,” argue the researchers.
15 June, 2022 – A New York Times article claims without evidence that “Lockdowns Protected Older People”. The data show the opposite.
20 May,2022 – We Know the Damage Lockdowns Did to Our Children, So Never Again
17 May, 2022 – UK Toddlers Unable to Speak or Play Properly Due to COVID-19 Lockdowns
11 May, 2022 – The Inhumanity of Compulsory Virus Control
4 April, 2022 – How Children were impacted by Lockdowns
28 March, 2021 – More Than 400 Studies on the Failure of Compulsory Covid Interventions
25 March, 2021 – Lockdowns Are Unnecessary, Ineffective and Harmful and Must Never Happen Again
2 October, 2021 – Establishment Now Advocating Lockdowns — Not to Save You From Covid, But From Climate Change
29 September, 2021 – Australia’s Corporations Rebel Against Government’s Draconian COVID Lockdowns
21 September, 2021 – Former FDA Commissioner: Six Foot Social Distancing Rule Was ‘Arbitrary’
13 August, 2020 – Babies born during COVID-19 pandemic have lower IQs: Study says
Study Finds Children Born During Lockdown Have Lost IQ Points, Impaired Cognitive Functioning
Sweden’s economy actually grew in the first quarter after it opted against a full virus lockdown
10 August, 2021 – Youth depression and anxiety doubled during the pandemic, new analysis finds
1 August, 2021 – More Canadians Under 65 Died From Lockdowns Than From COVID-19
18 June, 2021 – Emergency Department Visits for Suspected Suicide Attempts Among Persons Aged 12–25 Years Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, January 2019–May 2021
June 17, 2021 – How Asymptomatic COVID Spread Used To Lockdown The World Was Based On A Lie
8 November, 2020 – Lockdown will claim equivalent of 560,000 lives’ because of recession
8 November 2020 – Is the Cost of a Lockdown Too High? Prof. Phillip Thomas
Raw stats show the catastrophic folly of lockdowns
India:
Viral Inequality: From Jeff Bezos to the struggle of Indian Farmers
United States:
June 2021 – THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND POLICY RESPONSES ON
EXCESS MORTALITY
“To the contrary, we find a positive association between SIP (shelter in place, a US term for
lockdowns) policies and excess deaths,” four economists and scientists from the University of
Southern California and the Rand Corporation conclude in a working paper for the National Bureau
of Economic Research.
The COVID Pandemic Could Lead to 75,000 Additional Deaths from Alcohol and Drug Misuse and Suicide
COVID’s Deadly Toll on Youth: A Sharp Rise in Suicides
Suicide among children during Covid-19 pandemic: An alarming social issue
Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits Among Children Aged <18 Years During the COVID-19 Pandemic..
COVID Plans Include Family Separation & Involuntary Quarantine in “Camps”
New York Times Lies about Science to Push School Closures.
Draconian lockdowns putting 1.1 billion at risk of starvation says leading epidemiologist
How many seniors are going to die from lockdown loneliness?
Loneliness in Older Persons: A predictor of functional decline and death
Revolver Exclusive Study: COVID-19 Lockdowns Over 10 Times More Deadly Than Pandemic Itself
Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19, by Age and Race and Ethnicity — United States, January 26–October 3, 2020
A Constitutional Reckoning of State Lockdown Orders.
The Devastating Economic Impact of Covid-19 Shutdowns
Losing life and livelihood: A systematic review and meta-analysis of unemployment and all-cause mortality
Losing life and livelihood_ A systematic review and meta-analysis of unemployment and all-cause mortality – ScienceDirect.pdf
Shutdowns Spur Mental Health Crisis in US, Experts Say
Stress from virus response will destroy 7 times more years of life than lockdowns save_ Study
Australia:
29 September, 2021 – Australia’s Corporations Rebel Against Government’s Draconian COVID Lockdowns
26 August, 2021 – Warning of a ‘shadow pandemic’ of youth suicide after huge spike in teenage girls taking their own lives as helplines are flooded with calls and depression, eating disorders and self-harm reach record levels in lockdown
“1 in 5 Australians increased alcohol use during the lockdowns, “We know the statistics. We know that 93 per cent of hospital admissions at the weekend are alcohol-related. We know domestic violence is hugely related to alcohol consumption. We know it’s bad, and people are realising that.”
29 June 2021 – What if lockdowns don’t save lives_
“Ian Hickie, Australia’s former health commissioner and head of the Brain and Mind Centre, projected the number of annual deaths by suicide in Australia to rise from 3,000 to up to 4,500, with young people comprising nearly half that number.
“We are facing a situation where between an extra 750 and 1500 suicides may occur annually, this in addition to the 3000-plus lives that are lost to suicide already every year,” Hickie said.”
Australia Projects More Suicides From Lockdowns Than Coronavirus Deaths
Melbourne curfew is not based on advice
Melbourne curfew is not based on advice – TOTT News.pdf
Covid-19 pandemic profit fallout 1_m_harrison
Europe:
16 August, 2021 – Denmark plans to lift all anti-epidemic measures by September
The Coronapas will be completely abolished by October.
6 April, 2021 – Mental Health Costs of Lockdowns: Evidence from Age-specific Curfews in Turkey∗
The Results of Europe’s Lockdown Experiment Are In
8 November, 2020 – Lockdown will claim equivalent of 560,000 lives’ because of recession
8 November 2020 – Is the Cost of a Lockdown Too High? Prof. Phillip Thomas
200,000 people could die because of delays in healthcare and economic effects of coronavirus lockdown, report warns
Opposing lockdown is NOT “profits before people”
Great Barrington Declaration
English Pub Opened in 1566 to Close Permanently Due to Anti Covid-19 restrictions
Sweden:
March 23, 2021 – BREAKING: Sweden Admits People Not Dying at Higher Rate Due to Pandemic
All eyes on the Swedish coronavirus experiment – UnHerd
EconomicPolicyJournal.com_ Do Lockdowns Save Many Lives_; Lets Take a Look at Sweden
How Lockdown Advocates Get Sweden Wrong Jeremy R Hammond
Sweden’s economy actually grew in the first quarter after it opted against a full virus lockdown
Sweden’s Success is Kryptonite for Lockdown and Mask Advocates
Swedish Covid-19 data 2020 FOHM Covid-19
Canada:
August 01, 2021 – More Canadians Under 65 Died From Lockdowns Than From COVID-19
August 01, 2021
As the fallout numbers from the worldwide lockdowns are weighing heavily in Canada, with statisticians reporting that four times as many Canadians died from indirect causes of the lockdown than the number that died from COVID itself.
A government report, “Provisional Death Counts and Excess Mortality,” shows that 5,535 Canadians under the age of 65 died between January 2020 to April 2021 because of “indirect consequences” due to the pandemic. During that same time frame, the report says 1,380 Canadians in the same age group died because of COVID-19 itself. Indirect consequences include “delayed medical procedures, increased substance use or a decline in deaths attributable to other causes, such as influenza,” according to the report.
Shutdowns forced more Canadians to stay at home and the cancellation or postponement of medical procedures and vital support services, while many businesses were forced to close. During that time, Statistics Canada confirmed that substance abuse increased as did the mortality rate.
Most of the people who died from COVID-19 in Canada were over the age of 85 and had dementia, Alzheimer’s, chronic heart disease or other pre-existing “cardiovascular and respiratory conditions,” the report said.
SOURCES:
Statistics Canada July 18, 2021
Statistics Canada Provisional Death Counts and Excess Mortality report July 12, 2021
2,114 excess suicides from Canadians losing their livelihood to the lockdowns
Projected increases in suicide in Canada as a consequence of COVID-19
Japan:
15 January, 2021 – Increase in suicide following an initial decline during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
15 January, 2021 – Increase in suicide following an initial decline during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.pdf
Suicide Claimed More Lives In October Than 10 Months Of COVID-19 In Japan, Report Shows
Japan ends its COVID-19 state of emergency
Japan’s state of emergency is no lockdown. What’s in it_ – ABC News
Two masks, no lockdown_ Japan PM’s latest coronavirus step riles social media – Reuters
Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier_The Japan Times
Taiwan:
TAIWAN: No Lockdowns, No Closed Businesses, Non-WHO Member, and Relatively Unaffected by COVID-19
Lockdowns failed to alter the course of pandemic and are now destroying millions of livelihoods worldwide, JP Morgan study claims
Lockdowns failed to alter the course of pandemic, JP Morgan study claims _ Daily Mail Online.pdf
Free states maintain survival advantage primarydoctor
Covid-19 a controlled study
Opinions:
The Great Barrington Declaration
Great Barrington Declaration.pdf
Lockdown_ The New Totalitarianism – AIER
1000s Of Cases But Zero Hospitalizations In Colleges: Good News But States Force Draconian Lockdowns
Sweden’s Success Is Kryptonite For Lockdown And Mask Advocates
The COVID-19 shutdown will cost Americans millions of years of life
Children have PTSD as a Result of COVID-19, Charities Warn
Lockdowns, Coronavirus, and Banks: “Following the Money”. Devastating Economic and Social Impacts: Full Article
A Constitutional Reckoning of State Lockdown Orders
