Thread by The Robber Baron
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The biggest issue I have with the call for Covid amnesty is the assertion that at the beginning of the pandemic we “just didn’t know” how harmful and pointless the restrictions would be.
We DID know, and here’s proof.
These are all articles from March & April of 2020
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We DID know, and here’s proof.
These are all articles from March & April of 2020
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Mar 2: Discussion on how Covid IFR was likely much lower than predicted:
www.cato.org/blog/misleading-arithmetic-covid-19-death-rates
Mar 3: Article on why masks are impractical
www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-prevention-face-mask-not-helpful-wash-hands/
Mar 3: Berkeley doctor indicates masks are not helpful in preventing Covid
komonews.com/news/consumer/cdc-says-surgical-masks-wont-protect-you-from-the-coronavirus
www.cato.org/blog/misleading-arithmetic-covid-19-death-rates
Mar 3: Article on why masks are impractical
www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-prevention-face-mask-not-helpful-wash-hands/
Mar 3: Berkeley doctor indicates masks are not helpful in preventing Covid
komonews.com/news/consumer/cdc-says-surgical-masks-wont-protect-you-from-the-coronavirus
Mar 9: Article on how Covid is only really dangerous to the elderly
abcnews.go.com/Health/early-mortality-rates-covid-19-misleading-experts/story?id=69477312
Mar 9: Doctor talking about unnecessary panic over Covid
www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m800/rr-1
Mar 12: Review found severe mental health problems from prolonged quarantine
psyarxiv.com/dz5v2/
abcnews.go.com/Health/early-mortality-rates-covid-19-misleading-experts/story?id=69477312
Mar 9: Doctor talking about unnecessary panic over Covid
www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m800/rr-1
Mar 12: Review found severe mental health problems from prolonged quarantine
psyarxiv.com/dz5v2/
Mar 12: Chief medical officer saying people shouldn't wear masks
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-news-face-masks-increase-risk-infection-doctor-jenny-ha...
Mar 15: Medical org. says stopping elective surgeries is unnecessary & dangerous
www.aha.org/lettercomment/2020-03-15-aha-letter-surgeon-general-re-elective-surgeries-and-covid-19
Mar 17: Covid response is focused on the wrong things
www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-maki...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-news-face-masks-increase-risk-infection-doctor-jenny-ha...
Mar 15: Medical org. says stopping elective surgeries is unnecessary & dangerous
www.aha.org/lettercomment/2020-03-15-aha-letter-surgeon-general-re-elective-surgeries-and-covid-19
Mar 17: Covid response is focused on the wrong things
www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-maki...
Mar 19: Article about Covid overaction & its issues
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eci.13222
Mar 25: Data about the health impacts of crushing the economy
thehill.com/opinion/finance/489566-shutdown-is-killing-the-economy-and-is-also-no-good-for-our-health...
Mar 26: Early evidence of hospitals inaccurately listing Covid as cause of death
www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_8f833ac2-6fb7-11ea-8f9f-e34730a5ec7c.html
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eci.13222
Mar 25: Data about the health impacts of crushing the economy
thehill.com/opinion/finance/489566-shutdown-is-killing-the-economy-and-is-also-no-good-for-our-health...
Mar 26: Early evidence of hospitals inaccurately listing Covid as cause of death
www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_8f833ac2-6fb7-11ea-8f9f-e34730a5ec7c.html
Mar 26: Early data shows we're overreacting to Covid
www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00885-w
Mar 28: Predictions about the harms of lockdowns: Drugs, Suicide, and Crime
www.aier.org/article/drugs-suicide-and-crime-empirical-estimates-of-the-human-toll-of-the-shut-down/
Mar 28: Guardian outlines rise in domestic abuse throughout the world
www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/28/lockdowns-world-rise-domestic-violence
www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00885-w
Mar 28: Predictions about the harms of lockdowns: Drugs, Suicide, and Crime
www.aier.org/article/drugs-suicide-and-crime-empirical-estimates-of-the-human-toll-of-the-shut-down/
Mar 28: Guardian outlines rise in domestic abuse throughout the world
www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/28/lockdowns-world-rise-domestic-violence
Mar 30: Study showing children are not the primary spreader of Covid
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.26.20044826v1
Apr 1: Article saying masks offer little to no advantage outside of hospital settings:
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006372
Apr 3: An overview on the dangers of Lockdowns
www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-coronavirus-usa-cost/
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.26.20044826v1
Apr 1: Article saying masks offer little to no advantage outside of hospital settings:
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006372
Apr 3: An overview on the dangers of Lockdowns
www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-coronavirus-usa-cost/
Apr 4: Warning of the harm on delaying non-Covid medical procedures. www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-surges-non-covid-medical-emergencies-take-back-seat-pu...
Apr 6: U.N. warns about domestic violence surge:
www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/06/827908402/global-lockdowns-resulting-in-horr...
Apr 6: Piece on domestic abuse during lockdown
www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-domestic-violence.html?referringSource=articleShare
Apr 6: U.N. warns about domestic violence surge:
www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/06/827908402/global-lockdowns-resulting-in-horr...
Apr 6: Piece on domestic abuse during lockdown
www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-domestic-violence.html?referringSource=articleShare
Apr 7: Piece on the mental health cost of the lockdown on kids:
www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/opinion/coronavirus-child-abuse.html
Apr 8: Research showing the seasonality of Coronaviruses
academic.oup.com/jid/article/222/1/9/5815743
Apr 13: More confirmation about domestic abuse rising due to lockdowns:
theintercept.com/2020/04/13/coronavirus-lockdown-domestic-violence/
www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/opinion/coronavirus-child-abuse.html
Apr 8: Research showing the seasonality of Coronaviruses
academic.oup.com/jid/article/222/1/9/5815743
Apr 13: More confirmation about domestic abuse rising due to lockdowns:
theintercept.com/2020/04/13/coronavirus-lockdown-domestic-violence/
Apr 15: Barely any transmission from outdoor activities:
www.nationalreview.com/corner/coronavirus-transmission-chinese-study-shows-covid-more-likely-spread-i...
Apr 15: Different approaches by countries have little impact on Covid deaths
www.lesoir.be/294653/article/2020-04-15/les-mesures-strictes-de-confinement-ont-un-impact-tres-faible...
Apr 15: Molecular Biologist suggests the cure is worse than the disease
stream.org/our-heroic-efforts-to-stop-the-coronavirus-could-be-great-pain-for-little-gain/
www.nationalreview.com/corner/coronavirus-transmission-chinese-study-shows-covid-more-likely-spread-i...
Apr 15: Different approaches by countries have little impact on Covid deaths
www.lesoir.be/294653/article/2020-04-15/les-mesures-strictes-de-confinement-ont-un-impact-tres-faible...
Apr 15: Molecular Biologist suggests the cure is worse than the disease
stream.org/our-heroic-efforts-to-stop-the-coronavirus-could-be-great-pain-for-little-gain/
Apr 16: Research showing school lockdowns aren't helpful & cause great harm
www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30105-X/fulltext
Apr 16: UN overview about the poverty/death that will come from lockdowns
www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-children-un-idUSKBN21Y2X7
Apr 17th: Info on how damaging canceled procedures are
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2009984
www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30105-X/fulltext
Apr 16: UN overview about the poverty/death that will come from lockdowns
www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-children-un-idUSKBN21Y2X7
Apr 17th: Info on how damaging canceled procedures are
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2009984
Apr 22: Potential for 60,000 cancer deaths due to lack of screening/treatment
www.itv.com/news/2020-04-22/60-000-cancer-patients-could-die-because-of-lack-of-treatment-or-diagnosi...
Apr 23: The harm lockdowns are having on people with heart conditions.
www.statnews.com/2020/04/23/coronavirus-phobia-keeping-heart-patients-away-from-er/
Apr 24: Data on the mental health toll of lockdowns
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.17.20069716v2?rss=1%27
www.itv.com/news/2020-04-22/60-000-cancer-patients-could-die-because-of-lack-of-treatment-or-diagnosi...
Apr 23: The harm lockdowns are having on people with heart conditions.
www.statnews.com/2020/04/23/coronavirus-phobia-keeping-heart-patients-away-from-er/
Apr 24: Data on the mental health toll of lockdowns
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.17.20069716v2?rss=1%27
Apr 26: The rise of domestic abuse during lockdowns
www.bbc.com/news/uk-52433520?at_custom3=%40BBCNews&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_campaign=6...
Apr 24: Study showing school closings are the least cost effective pandemic policy
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.20.20054726v1
Apr 2: Indications from Europe that lockdowns are ineffective
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.24.20078717v1
www.bbc.com/news/uk-52433520?at_custom3=%40BBCNews&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_campaign=6...
Apr 24: Study showing school closings are the least cost effective pandemic policy
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.20.20054726v1
Apr 2: Indications from Europe that lockdowns are ineffective
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.24.20078717v1
Apr 26: Data that the infection rate from kids is extremely low
ncirs.org.au/sites/default/files/2020-04/NCIRS%20NSW%20Schools%20COVID_Summary_FINAL%20public_26%20Ap...
Apr 28: Increasing child abuse is a side effect of Covid lockdowns
www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/28/847251985/child-sexual-abuse-reports-are-on-...
Apr 29: Cancer deaths could increase by 20% due to lockdown
ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/28/1588083228000/UK-cancer-deaths-could-soar-by-a-fifth-this-year--says-U...
ncirs.org.au/sites/default/files/2020-04/NCIRS%20NSW%20Schools%20COVID_Summary_FINAL%20public_26%20Ap...
Apr 28: Increasing child abuse is a side effect of Covid lockdowns
www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/28/847251985/child-sexual-abuse-reports-are-on-...
Apr 29: Cancer deaths could increase by 20% due to lockdown
ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/28/1588083228000/UK-cancer-deaths-could-soar-by-a-fifth-this-year--says-U...
So, there you go. Those were all before May 2020, & I left out many more.
We absolutely knew Covid restrictions were pointless & were going to cause massive societal harm.
I will not forget the damage they did when we already knew better.
We must never let it happen again.
We absolutely knew Covid restrictions were pointless & were going to cause massive societal harm.
I will not forget the damage they did when we already knew better.
We must never let it happen again.
