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Silent No More: Voices Against Restrictions and Mandates

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There were MANY of my colleagues who took this vaccine and they did not want to take this vaccine. They took it to keep their employment, to put food on the table, and I would never judge anyone for doing that, but it was horrible, the way they were being pushed into it. 

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The Rights of the Previously Infected

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Suppose for the sake of argument that you accept natural immunity as equally good or better than vaccine-induced immunity in protecting from severe disease. What are the ethical consequences? Vaccinating the recovered without informing them that they don’t need it violates both the principles of informed consent and the classic medical ethic of not treating without necessity. Doses are wasted on the immune instead of saving the lives of the vulnerable in developing countries. 

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What is Medical Freedom, Exactly?

What is Medical Freedom, Exactly?

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“Medical freedom” has become more than a buzzword. It is also a movement, with its advocates, experts, and critics. Multiple medical freedom conferences have been organized and are taking place in the United States and abroad, and political parties under its banner have formed.

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Universities Follow the Politics, Not the Science

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When restrictions were lifted, it was often only because they were nudged (or required) to do so by politicians – or when said politicians lifted their own orders upon realizing their policies might be costing them politically, as was the case with masks at many schools, including UChicago and GMU.

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Focused Protection: Jay Bhattacharya, Sunetra Gupta, and Martin Kulldorff

Danger, Caution Ahead: Zeb Jamrozik and Mark Changizi

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The precautionary principle uses the worst-case scenario, rather than the most probable scenario, as a basis for creating policies. And as we’ve seen with Covid, people often end up confusing the two. Such policies are blunt and brutish. They require extreme societal disruptions that, over time, may cause more harm than they prevent.

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Can Cochrane’s New CEO Save the Sinking Ship?

Can Cochrane’s New CEO Save the Sinking Ship?

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A medical journal expressed concern that someone with no health care experience was leading one of the foremost organisations dedicated to ensuring good clinical decisions. Wilson made the organisation ineffective, and his actions harmed Cochrane’s mission about ensuring high scientific standards.

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