Brownstone Institute Articles, News, Research, and Commentary on public health, science, economics, & social theory
The lockdowns were the cruelest form of elitism, by far. The implication of the lockdowns was that those who had the temerity to have jobs that were destinations—like restaurants and shops—would have to lose them.
Restricting Freedom Did Not Defeat Covid Read More »
The CDC seems more easily led by op-eds in political newspapers than actual scientific papers on the topic, of which there are many thousands now. The agency wants digestible, clear instructions on what they should be doing. This piece in the Washington Post provided exactly that. Thus did the CDC reverse itself yet again.
How to Account for the CDC’s New Mask Advisory? Read More »
The North Sentinelese are a very real reminder of how cruelly bankrupt the run-and-hide strategy is as a broad form of virus mitiga
The Lessons of North Sentinel Island: The Ill-Health of Isolation Read More »
It’s the modern analogue of killing virgins in the hope of getting a good harvest.
Stop This Human Sacrifice Read More »
We all make our own decisions based on our risk tolerances. Yes, that’s the most workable solution of all. Would that we had seen the merit of this approach back in March 2020 before the world pursued the worst and most destructive policies of virus containment in living memory (or probably ever).
Rock Climbers, Skaters, and Risk Assessment Read More »
The Great Barrington Declaration changed everything. The negative press backfired. The scientists risked everything to write this Declaration
A Short History of the Great Barrington Declaration Read More »
Lockdown might be the new orthodoxy but that doesn’t make it medically sound or morally correct. At least now we know that many great doctors and scholars in 2006 did their best to stop this nightmare from unfolding.
Lockdown Ideology Originated in 2006 Under George W. Bush Read More »
The use of universal lockdowns in the event of the appearance of a new pathogen has no precedent. It has been a science experiment in real-time, with most of the human population used as lab rats. The question is whether and to what extent lockdowns worked.
Lockdowns Fail: They Do Not Control the Virus Read More »
The social contract we practice with regard to the threat of infectious diseases is that we manage them intelligently while never trampling on the dignity of the human person. The payoff is that our immune systems get stronger, enabling all of us to enjoy longer and healthier lives – not just some of us, not just the legally privileged, not just those with access to platforms to speak but rather every single member of the human community.
Virus Control Is the New Feudalism Read More »
Given that we humans have lived for millennia, and continue to live, with diseases caused by countless dangerous pathogens that have become endemic, what’s so special about Covid-19 that makes it one that we must literally eliminate?
Zero Sense in Zero Covid Read More »
Lockdowns provided a fantastic pretext for governments all over the world to do to their citizens what they wanted to do anyway, which is to restrict human rights and control every movement of the people. This time they could do it in the name of public health, and with the blessing of science.
The Role of Lockdowns in Cuban Political Change Read More »
We are still struggling to get back what we lost in this dreadful year, and the party in power now looks back not with horror at the results of political panic but rather with a sense of opportunity for all that might be possible in the years ahead.
An Inside Look at the Lockdown Orders from March 2020 Read More »
