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Do not let scientists rewrite Covid history. Lockdowns in America were a disaster
The Telegraph ^ | 23 June 2023 | Dr Scott Atlas, Steven Edginton

Posted on 07/12/2023 8:41:09 PM PDT by george76

As the UK Covid inquiry continues, we must not forget lockdowns failed and destroyed the lives of millions..

America stands for freedom, yet we had one of the most acquiescent populations in the world during the pandemic.

There were protests about the lockdowns, if you remember, in the UK, in Spain, in Italy, in France, in Germany and in the Netherlands.

Generally speaking in America there was a shocking lack of pushback.

America is the beacon of freedom in the world and if America does not push for freedom, it’s over; Not just in the US, it’s over everywhere.

The contrast is with China.

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China was the most barbaric country in the world for lockdowns.

Most worrying of all, the people in power are liable to use their power to lock down people again.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: China; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Germany; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: civilrights; covid; covidlockdown; covidlockdowns; lockdown; lockdowns; mandate; mandates; masks; tyranny
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1 posted on 07/12/2023 8:41:09 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Some on here supported it.


2 posted on 07/12/2023 8:42:01 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: george76

https://www.theepochtimes.com/covid-amplified-societal-issues-that-need-to-be-addressed-says-group-that-fought-against-restrictions_5386318.html


3 posted on 07/12/2023 8:43:41 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: george76
Do not let scientists rewrite Covid history. Lockdowns in America were a disaster

Even though they might have degrees ending in "s", they are not scientists.

Scientists, real ones, incorporate the Scientific Method in the analyses of their observations.

This, from Wiki...

The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century (with notable practitioners in previous centuries; see the article history of scientific method for additional detail.) It involves careful observation, applying rigorous skepticism about what is observed, given that cognitive assumptions can distort how one interprets the observation. It involves formulating hypotheses, via induction, based on such observations; the testability of hypotheses, experimental and the measurement-based statistical testing of deductions drawn from the hypotheses; and refinement (or elimination) of the hypotheses based on the experimental findings. These are principles of the scientific method, as distinguished from a definitive series of steps applicable to all scientific enterprises.

Nothing above supports lockdowns, or even the mRNA vaccines.

Me, I happen to be a scientist. A real one.

4 posted on 07/12/2023 8:48:21 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: george76

“The past controls the future, and the present controls the past.”


5 posted on 07/12/2023 8:48:59 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: george76
“China was the most barbaric

Those vids of Dog Catcher nets, people falling dead in the streets, road blocks with fleeing drivers, welding doors, people after getting butt hole swabbed…

Was CCP propaganda for world distribution.

Many here on FR ate it up.

6 posted on 07/12/2023 8:54:58 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: wastedyears

Sadly That’s quite true.
‘My Body My Choice’ claimed Grandma killer.
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The Victorious writes History.


7 posted on 07/12/2023 8:58:26 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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To: lightman; Jane Long

Santa Clara University Students Must Take vaxx.

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8 posted on 07/12/2023 8:59:28 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Deaf Smith

So Chicoms didn’t force lockdowns?


10 posted on 07/12/2023 10:00:37 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: sport

And to get Trump.


11 posted on 07/12/2023 10:01:24 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: sport

. . . and to transfer vast amounts of wealth from the middle class into the hands of leftist/globalist/Democrat/RINO scum.


12 posted on 07/13/2023 12:47:15 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo
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To: wastedyears

I hated it. The whole way through.


13 posted on 07/13/2023 3:10:27 AM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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To: george76

Scientists that rely on government funding to survive


14 posted on 07/13/2023 3:47:48 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Deaf Smith

“Was CCP propaganda for world distribution. Many here on FR ate it up.”

Agreed! And I was one of them that got snookered. Although it did help me get prepared weeks before anyone else so I was sitting at home while the rest cleared outthe shelves of toilet paper and other essentials.

While I did wear a N95 mask, it didn’t bother me if my wife or kids weren’t as diligent. (Although I was the only one in the family not to get it.) None of us got the vax.

I just saw a recent video out of China with one of those trucks that they said was blowing out disinfectant during the pandemic. They are actually just blowing out water vapor for the air particulates to attach to in an effort to remove the haze from city blocks. What a crappy country!


15 posted on 07/13/2023 3:57:17 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: ifinnegan

I think they used the propaganda in their own people too. IIRC there was some unrest going on at the time. They did shut down if those phone gps apps can be trusted. They showed very little traffic for months and months.

The Covid shutdowns are probably similar to the efforts by FDR and the New Deal. They will be touted as saving us, but in reality extended the suffering, and gave the government more power to rule over us.


16 posted on 07/13/2023 4:00:55 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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And do not let RFKJ rewrite history. Here’s a telling tweet from the guy from 3/30/2020:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr
#Coronavirus #lockdown hasn’t just slowed #COVID-19, it reduced lethal air pollution + associated #mortality. When lockdown lifts, risks of status quo will return + could worsen as govs weaken environmental regs + pour billions into polluting industries.

(With a link to this Forbes story:)

forbes.com
A Dirty Economic Restart Could Kill More People Than The Coronavirus
When the coronavirus lockdown lifts, the mortality risks of air pollution and climate change might not just return to normal—they might get worse.
3:38 PM · Mar 30, 2020

https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1244710538933870597?lang=en


17 posted on 07/13/2023 4:10:18 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: george76
Fauxi and his puppet masters at Rat Party Headquarters knew that the only way to drive Orange Man Bad out of office was to bring the nation's economy to its knees...so that's what they did.

Remember what Osama Obama's ballet dance pal,Rahm Emmanuel,once said: "we'll never let a crisis go to waste".

18 posted on 07/13/2023 4:29:18 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: ifinnegan

The world saw happening in China what the CCP wanted the world to see.


19 posted on 07/13/2023 4:36:28 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: 21twelve

“ They showed very little traffic for months and months.”

That’s right.

“I think they used the propaganda in their own people too. IIRC there was some unrest going on at the time.”

Yes, especially Hong Kong.


20 posted on 07/13/2023 10:29:58 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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