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The Macroeconomic Consequences of Lockdowns and the Aftermath

David Stockman / October 19, 2022 / Economics / 14 minute read

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Washington compensated one and all for the resulting harm and then some by unleashing a $6 trillion spending bacchanalia in less than 14 months, which was accomplished with barely a dissent from either party to the Washington duopoly because interest rates on government debt had plunged to an all-time low. In turn, that was enabled by the most reckless spurt of money printing and debt monetization in recorded history.

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Jeremy Hunt, Britain’s New Chancellor of the Exchequer, Strongly Backed Zero Covid and Lockdowns

Michael Senger / October 18, 2022 / Policy / 3 minute read

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Part of the reason Hunt’s 2022 bid imploded is that testimony and video surfaced of his praising China’s draconian “Zero Covid” and quarantine measures and advocating for the UK to emulate them. Hunt had likewise been a vocal proponent of lockdowns and vaccine mandates.

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How the Israeli Ministry of Health Became an Agent for Pfizer

Guy Shinar / October 18, 2022 / Public Health, Vaccines / 8 minute read

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Why did Ministry of Health officials enter into this agreement? Why didn’t they maintain their role as regulators, and why did they volunteer to serve as Pfizer’s marketing, distribution, research and publication branch?

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Supreme Court Decided to Keep Torture A Secret

James Masnov / October 18, 2022 / Law / 9 minute read

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Why, then, was this decision not widely reported? It, of course, did not see a total media blackout, but it received far less attention than the abortion case that has now captured the attention of the press and the population. Why is this? Is the official suppression of torture via the Court not newsworthy? How much of this is due to the decision not aligning with how the Court is typically characterized: that of an institutional battle between the ideological left versus the ideological right?

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Doctors Who Live in Fear and Promote it in Others

Thomas Harrington / October 18, 2022 / Philosophy, Society / 5 minute read

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Fear is a ubiquitous and essential part of the human experience. Indeed, a good case could be made that it is the driving force in the lives of many, if not most human beings.

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How College Mandates Shattered My Dreams

Phoebe Liou / October 17, 2022 / Education, Policy, Vaccines / 10 minute read

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When I was canceled from UConn, I was in the middle of writing a neurosurgery research journal article and my participation was abruptly stopped. I was planning to study abroad in my junior year, which would have been this year. I looked forward to entering dental school and eventually opening a dental practice. I made a choice for my body – and my college life was interrupted indefinitely.

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How Deadly Is Covid? A Major Study Defies Conventional Wisdom

Will Jones / October 17, 2022 / History / 3 minute read

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In the new study, which is currently undergoing peer-review, Prof. Ioannidis and colleagues found that across 31 national seroprevalence studies in the pre-vaccination era, the average (median) infection fatality rate of COVID-19 was estimated to be just 0.035% for people aged 0-59 years and 0.095% for those aged 0-69 years.

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How Can Severe Mental Illness be the Deadliest Covid Comorbidity?

Aaron Hertzberg / October 17, 2022 / History, Public Health / 7 minute read

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It is not remotely plausible that “learning disabilities” have a physiological connection or influence on the pathological course of covid infection or disease, certainly not en masse that would show up as a stronger safety signal than both age and obesity. The proposition that an otherwise perfectly healthy individual with a learning disability is at a higher risk from covid than your 83-year-old grandma is so absurd that it should call the entire study into doubt.

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Small Steps Toward Truth and Justice

Richard Kelly / October 16, 2022 / History, Media / 7 minute read

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Did anyone really believe on the eve of the sixth lockdown that it would last only as announced? Or did we all suspect another lie? This is a much harder lesson to take – it opens up uncomfortable lines of enquiry such as “what else did /do they lie about?” From there it is a short step to demanding that there be accountability for the lies – and further, that every future announcement is challenged.

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Et Tu, PayPal? The EU’s Role in Defunding Dissent

Robert Kogon / October 15, 2022 / Economics, Policy / 6 minute read

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Could the EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation and its Digital Services Act (DSA) have something to do with PayPal’s skittish forays into “combatting disinformation?” Well, yes, they could, and you may rest assured that EU officials or representatives have already had a word with PayPal about them.

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In Defense of My Friend Dr. Joseph Ladapo

Steve Kirsch / October 14, 2022 / Vaccines / 15 minute read

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All studies have limitations. Science is all about open discussion of the limitations of the study and what you can learn from it so you can try to avoid mistakes the next time. Science is never about trying to deplatform and discredit people who are making an honest attempt to find the truth.

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The Demonization of the Unvaccinated: A Look Back

Michael Senger / October 14, 2022 / History, Society, Vaccines / 4 minute read

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It was never remotely realistic for any government to expect every single person to get vaccinated, especially when the vaccine in question involved a novel genetic-based therapy. Thus, these proposals to impose draconian hardships on those who refused Covid vaccines would inevitably involve the state imposing draconian hardships on a sizable portion of the population.

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