Government ⋆ Brownstone Institute

The Most Dangerous International Treaty Ever Proposed

Molly Kingsley March 29, 2023 Government 8 minute read

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The proposed new powers would cut across not only the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but also the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. They would signal a new watershed in our understanding of cornerstone human rights: an express amendment to the IHR deletes language currently reading “[t]he implementation of these Regulations shall be with full respect for the dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons” to replace it with a nebulous confirmation that “[t]he implementation of these Regulations shall be based on the principles of equity, inclusivity, coherence…”.

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Regardless of Virus Origins, Freedom Is the Answer

John Tamny March 10, 2023 Government, Society 4 minute read

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Lest the crowd that has long been properly anti-lockdown forgets, pathogens are as old as mankind is. Since they are, the accenting of where they come from is to completely miss the point. Instead, the always and everywhere expressed view should be that reality should not be used by the political, expert and medical classes as a pretext for taking our freedom. Freedom is precious, and authoritarians can’t have it regardless of a pathogen’s origin or its presumed lethality.

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Are You Being Frightened Not to Travel?

Jeffrey A. Tucker March 8, 2023 Economics, Government, Policy 6 minute read

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Let us hope that the lockdown years were aberrant but it would be wiser to see them as a possible template for what some sectors of elite society truly do have in store. And with Covid, the key to compliance is always and everywhere the same: fear.

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The Fake Investigations of Covid Fraud

James Bovard March 6, 2023 Government 4 minute read

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The most important lesson of the pandemic: Don’t trust politicians with boundless power. Exposing the profound bipartisan failure on COVID is the best vaccine that Americans can receive against being mercilessly plundered the next time pols proclaim a national emergency.

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The FDA’s Paxlovid Pandemonium

David Gortler February 27, 2023 Government, Policy 8 minute read

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Not only was evidence of failure deliberately ignored; prospective testing methodologies were altered mid-trial to favor a positive outcome when it became apparent that the Paxlovid trial results would not meet their original endpoints. In fact, Pfizer had already opted to halt its Paxlovid trial when it saw that it didn’t work.

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Danger, Caution Ahead: Zeb Jamrozik and Mark Changizi

Gabrielle Bauer February 25, 2023 Government, Policy, Public Health, Society 16 minute read

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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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The Sanctuary in Action

Brownstone Institute February 23, 2023 Government, Philosophy, Society 6 minute read

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So much needs to be rebuilt after the last three years, but among the needs are serious intellectual communities. The colleges and universities have, for the most part, been taken over or smashed. The major media is captured. Our companies are forced into an obsequious stance. Our previous networks have been shattered. For lovers of freedom, we’ve experienced something of a diaspora.

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U.S. Government Negotiates Deal to Give WHO Authority Over U.S. Pandemic Policies

Will Jones February 22, 2023 Government, Technology 5 minute read

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Signatories also agree to support the official narrative in a pandemic. Specifically, they will “conduct regular social listening and analysis to identify the prevalence and profiles of misinformation” and “design communications and messaging strategies for the public to counteract misinformation, disinformation and false news, thereby strengthening public trust.”

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How New Zealand Dealt with “Disinformation”

Tom Jefferson,

Carl Heneghan February 20, 2023 Government, History, Media, Public Health 2 minute read

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Cases may not have been active cases, hospitalisations may not be due to SARS-CoV-2, and deaths may be due to various causes related or unrelated to SARs-CoV-2. We will never know for sure. Why? Because the PCR cycle threshold for testing PCR “positive” in Middle Earth was 40 to 45, ensuring that most tested people would test positiveeven in the total absence of contamination (a very tall order).

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Rochelle Walensky’s Terrible Testimony

Michael Senger February 17, 2023 Government, Public Health 5 minute read

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These galling testimonies aside, it’s not surprising why Rochelle Walensky was picked to be CDC Director. On the surface, she’s articulate and presentable. So it’s a real testament as to how far public health has fallen over these last three years that someone in her position would be telling these kinds of falsehoods and defending such atrocious policies.

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Vaccine Harms Are Biodefense Plan’s Collateral Damage

Debbie Lerman February 17, 2023 Government, Policy, Public Health, Vaccines 7 minute read

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All the time, money and research sunk into attempts to develop bioweapon countermeasures caused everyone involved to view Covid as a golden opportunity. In fact, governments, pharmaceutical companies and NGOs invested in biodefense research were determined that the Covid genetic vaccines would “succeed” no matter what. They were not trying to murder anyone, but they also did not plan to stop or slow down, regardless of incidental injuries or death.

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Covid Emergency, Climate Emergency: Same Thing

W. Aaron Vandiver February 8, 2023 Government, Law, Policy, Society 20 minute read

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All signs indicate that the U.S. and other world governments want to expand the reach and control of the globalized industrial food system, further concentrating power in the largest Big Food corporations. Governments around the world are using environmental goals to forcibly shut down small farms as they promote dependence on industrial technologies and factory foods that could make climate change and other environmental problems worse.

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