By Niki Khan, Nottingham Trent University and Jenna Kiddie, University of Cumbria People around the world have been spending more time at home since the start of 2020. For many of these people, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to get a pet. In the…
By Selco Begovic I usually answer readers’ questions in my articles. Sometimes people openly ask something. More often I answer folks’ questions in terms that I try to bring some reality from my perspective and my experiences. This is in a field where people are…
By Rebecca Day For the arts industry, 2020 was an unprecedented year. Musicians saw incomes instantly wiped out when live venues were forced to close due to lockdowns. The film industry came to a screeching halt as production studios and sets shut down indefinitely. Countless…
By Dylan Charles It is very tempting to want to believe that the response to covid is rooted in altruism, logic, cool-headedness and reason. After all, who wants to believe that they are being manipulated? For almost a decade I’ve been publishing articles on on…
By RT The number of young people in Canada who attempted suicide increased by 100 to 200% during the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent restrictions, according to charities and hospitals, which are warning of a youth crisis. Children First Canada – a charity that advocates for…
By Neenah Payne See the trailer for the explosive documentary Planet Lockdown. The site says: “A documentary and interview series covering the information needed to understand where we are today. The full-length film is coming soon. Until then, watch the full interviews and subscribe to…
By Tara N. Richards and Justin Nix Domestic violence rose globally in 2020—so much so that doctors have called it “a pandemic within a pandemic.” The National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice, a team of national experts tasked with assessing the impact of COVID-19…
By Brad Polumbo With each day that passes, the number of lives lost in COVID-19-related deaths continues to tragically grow. However, in a less noticed but equally important trend, we continue to gain insight into the countless deaths caused by lockdown measures intended to stop…
By Brad Polumbo Most young people are at little risk of dying from the coronavirus. But a new Pew Research survey shows that they are disproportionately bearing the consequences of heavy-handed pandemic lockdowns and isolating government restrictions. Pew finds that an astounding 32 percent of…
By Brad Polumbo Billions of people across the globe continue to live under COVID-19 lockdowns or heavily-restricted life. And for almost all of us, life amid the pandemic in 2020 was an isolating and difficult year. Yet doctors are warning that children in particular are…
By Neenah Payne Alfie Oakes, Founder & CEO of Oakes Farms in Naples, Florida says he has 3,200 employees. According to the reported national average, 4.8 of his employees should have died of COVID. However, the few who got sick went to a doctor, got HCQ and…
By Kerry McDonald Loneliness among Americans has been growing in recent years, but the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically exacerbated the problem. A new report by Harvard University researchers finds that 36 percent of Americans are experiencing “serious loneliness,” and some groups,…
By Tyler Durden One of Germany’s largest newspapers, Die Welt, has obtained evidence that the Interior Ministry hired scientists from the Robert Koch institute and several universities to justify the country’s strict lockdown measures. The documents – more than 200 pages which were recovered after…
By Vicky Fallon, University of Liverpool; Sergio A. Silverio, King’s College London, and Siân Macleod Davies, Liverpool John Moores University New mothers experienced worryingly high rates of depression and anxiety during the first lockdown, our new research has revealed. One of the major contributing factors…
By PFW News UK Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi says that lockdown restrictions will not be lifted until all over the age 50 receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a decision he claims could push the return to normalcy into the summer. Zahawi, the top bureaucrat over the…
By Tyler Durden During the first months of quarantine, when nobody really had any idea whether they’d be seeing their colleagues again next week, next month, or next year, reporters churned out stories about people walking, jogging or otherwise exercising to try and squeeze out…
By Kerry McDonald Government policies meant to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in unintended consequences that threaten lives—including, tragically, the lives of young people who are generally spared from the worst effects of COVID-19. School closures, stay-at-home orders, and shutdowns of businesses deemed “non-essential”…
By Sarah Steeg, University of Manchester During the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, people were encouraged to help control the virus with the message to “stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives”. While there was no specific instruction to avoid seeking medical care,…
By Tyler Durden Liberals may be able to argue with Fox News or even Republican politicians. But what happens when a peer-reviewed study comes out of one of their coveted and prestigious universities in California potentially showing that their collective reaction to Covid may have…
By Phillip Schneider After ten months of lockdowns, doctors are beginning to reconsider whether or not these restrictions pose a greater risk to public health than the Covid virus they were created to contain. Dr. Aji Joffe, a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at the…
