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A year ago, there was no evidence that lockdowns would protect older high-risk people from Covid. Now there is evidence. They did not. Weirdly, pro-lockdowners now blame the public and anti-lockdown scientists. My

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op-ed with Jay Bhattacharya.

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Lockdown proponents can’t escape the blame for the biggest public health fiasco in history

Shutting down society did not save the vulnerable so advocates of such measures are seeking scapegoats

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Here are unlocked excerpts of our

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op-ed on the biggest public health fiasco in history.

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Try As They Might, Lockdown Proponents Can’t Escape the Blame for the Biggest Public Health Fiasco...

Politicians, journalists and academics are wrong to blame the public for the failure of lockdowns since "the population sacrificed so

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It would have worked if not for that pesky detail known as reality.

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Would the pro-lockdowners still agree with the measure if they weren't able to work from home, or if they weren't paid to do nothing? Once again people are showing how incredibly self-centered they are

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Exactly. Food in their tummies so they don't care about the hungry

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Just a reminder that Kulldorff and Bhattacharya are founders of the GBD, sponsored by AIER. AIER is antivaccine and anti-climate change. In case you were wondering where the incentive comes from...