No, Australia’s “trust in institutions” has not served it well during this period. What has happened is that we have seen how corrupt and/or incompetent the people in charge of our institutions really are, and – to our horror – how our misplaced trust in those institutions has led to an abject failure of our systems of democratic oversight and accountability.
Australia: Champion Covidiot Continue Reading
The authors are pretty severe in their final conclusions. Lockdowns didn’t meaningfully reduce Covid-19 mortalities: “the effect is little to none.”
Lockdowns Did Not Save Lives, Concludes Meta-analysis Continue Reading
Anyone who knows what our Covid response policy truly was is theoretically barred from revealing it. We do know the public health agencies were not in charge of the policy, and we know they were pushed out of their leadership role in coordinating and implementing the response. So Fauci et al. are technically correct if they claim no responsibility – although how they could in good conscience advocate such policies is another matter.
Lockdowns Were Counterterrorism, Not Public Health Continue Reading
The Nobel Prize narrative is not a harmless compliment. It is a calculated effort to sanctify one remaining pillar, while the others collapse beneath the evidence. If the vaccines “saved millions,” then all else can be forgiven or forgotten.
Pharma’s Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card Continue Reading
During 2020-2023, professional regulatory associations became de-facto wardens of the more authoritarian Covid-19 nation-states, which included New Zealand. The Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) was one such body which, like a duck to water, moved firmly and swiftly to ensure that doctors complied with Covid-19 and vaccine policies, or face disciplinary proceedings and gag orders.
The ‘Re-Education’ of New Zealand Medical Doctors Continue Reading
Within days of the pandemic’s inception, criticism of lockdowns and other restrictions became conflated with right-wing politics. This put lefties in a bind: if they didn’t support the restrictions, they might be mistaken (the horror!) for a conservative—or worse, a soldier in Orange Man’s army. They latched onto the mask, the left-wing answer to the MAGA hat, as a badge of their political allegiance.
Opposition from Left Journalism Continue Reading
Why not offer voters “freedom from the Constitution?” “Freedom from fear” means security via mass delusions about the nature of political power. Perhaps our ruling class should replace the Bill of Rights: “Political buncombe will make you free.”
History Rhymes: Freedom from Fear Continue Reading
The international humiliation inflicted so publicly on Djokovic in pursuit of vaccine apartheid was morally corrupt. It lacked both scientific justification and hard data in support. It indulged a government’s every illiberal instinct to control information and bully people into compliance.
Djokovic and the US Open: Let Him Play Continue Reading
Lockdowns resulted in a 10-20% increase in new cases of severe child abuse and a 50-80% increase in fatalities from child abuse, caused a 30-50% increase in cases of malnutrition and a 50-100% increase in fatalities from malnutrition, and resulted in a 40-60% increase in new cases of mental illness in children and adolescents and a 100-200% increase in suicides by young people.
Consequences for Children: Data So Far Continue Reading
An intriguing aspect to consider about this study is what it doesn’t address. There’s a complete absence of any discussion about how many pediatric hospitalizations due to Covid were prevented. To remain objective, one would assume that considering the “benefits” of these restrictions upon children, beyond the acute mental health toll, would be necessary when evaluating the other side of this issue.
AAP’s Pediatrics Journal Confirms What We Knew Three Years Ago Continue Reading
