New NIH director: COVID-19 lockdowns were a failure

Aspen Daily News ^ | Jun 28, 2025 | Hannah Brennan

[Dr. Franklin]

The lockdowns were intended to be nationwide psy-op to facilitate mail-in balloting and massive election fraud in the 2020 Big Steal. That was its planned purpose, and everything else was just BS.

[Sirius Lee]

The explanation of the origins was a failure. The masks were a failure. The frankenshot was a failure. The ventilators were a failure. The war against Ivermectin was a failure. The six foot distancing was a failure. The lockdowns were a failure.

Some would say it was criminal.

[Sirius Lee]

I didn’t mention Remdesivir.

[CatOwner]

Some would say it was criminal.

And many of those who did were punished severely.

[Openurmind]

I beg to differ. It also trained and programmed a whole generation into obeying their government masters without question.

[Jim W N]

COVID-19 lockdowns were a failure

Failure in truth from concept to conclusion, but a victory for the Lying Tyrannical Left.

[george76]

The best way to stop the next planned - pandemic is to arrest the people who started the first one.

[Sirius Lee]

And many of those who did were punished severely.

Not enough. The monetary incentives for hospitals to classify every illness and death as covid were a great success. Some would call the ventilator/remdesivir treatment as murder.

[9YearLurker]

Another Establishment-grubbing limited hangout.

He knows better than what he claims about there being a deadly spreading “Covid” to stop.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The "Uncommon Knowledge" podcast (Hoover Institution) hosted by Peter Robinson had an excellent interview with Dr. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya a month ago. The themes in this article are expanded on in the podcast. It's worth a listen.

Dr. Jay Goes to Washington: Reforming Science from the Inside at NIH.

Once labeled a “fringe epidemiologist” by the previous administration at the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya now leads the world’s largest biomedical research agency and its $50 billion annual budget. Peter Robinson speaks with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a former Stanford professor and epidemiologist, and the newly appointed director of the National Institutes of Health. Once labeled a “fringe epidemiologist” by the previous administration at NIH, he now leads the world’s largest biomedical research agency and its $50 billion annual budget.

Their conversation explores the structural flaws in America’s public health institutions, including the replication crisis, the culture of scientific risk aversion, and the NIH’s growing failure to address the rise of chronic disease. Dr. Bhattacharya outlines his vision for reform—emphasizing transparency, innovation, and restoring public trust in science. He also addresses the politics of scientific funding, the need for better vaccine evaluation standards, and the rationale behind the administration’s new restrictions on gain-of-function research.

It is a candid and thoughtful discussion with a scientist now tasked with reshaping the very system he was once attacked by.

[cnsmom]

The lockdowns have devalued education in America at all levels.Attendance is down everywhere.

[Ann Archy]

BINGO! It started in Boston after the marathon bombers.

[CatOwner]

What I meant was those who stated that the various COVID measures were criminal were the ones being punished.

[bray]

Unless your goal was to steal an election.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

[ronnie raygun]

it was a failed attempt at a reset across the board, remember build back better?

[ABN 505]

Lock downs also alerted parents about how bad the schools were doing teaching and how great they were at indoctrination.

[cp124]

Successful for the totalitarian left.

[ABN 505]

Lock downs also alerted parents about how bad the schools were doing teaching and how great they were at indoctrination.