352 Articles Undercutting Lockdowns/Masks/Distancing as Effective Covid Policy

Summary	Date	Source
Masks have not been proved efficient enough to warrant compulsory application for the checking of epidemics	01/01/1920	American Journal of Public Health
Wearing a face mask could put you at greater risk for coronavirus.	03/01/2020	Sacramento Bee
COVID-19: Children at heightened risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence amidst intensifying containment measures	03/20/2020	UNICEF
Coronavirus canceled her chemotherapy. Should cancer patients still go to appointments?	03/23/2020	USA Today
Gov. Andrew Cuomo: Quarantining Everyone ‘Probably Not the Best Public Health Strategy’	03/26/2020	Breitbart
Lockdowns around the world bring rise in domestic violence	03/28/2020	The Guardian
15,000 L.A. high school students are AWOL online, 40,000 fail to check in daily amid coronavirus closures	03/30/2020	Los Angeles Times
Surgeon general: Data doesn't back up wearing masks in public amid coronavirus pandemic	03/31/2020	Fox News
Surgeon general: Data doesn't back up wearing masks in public amid coronavirus pandemic	03/31/2020	Fox News
California police arrest paddleboarder for alleged violation of stay-at-home order	04/03/2020	Washington Examiner
WHO says there is no need for healthy people to wear face masks, days after the CDC told all Americans to cover their faces	04/07/2020	Business Insider
Coronavirus Lockdown Is Taking A Toll On Mental Health, Especially Among Women, Study Finds	04/08/2020	Forbes
The Face Mask Debate Reveals a Scientific Double Standard	04/08/2020	Wired
As School Moves Online, Many Students Stay Logged Out	04/08/2020	New York Times
Supreme Court rules against California's limits on in-home religious gatherings	04/10/2020	Fox News
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends hairstylist visit amid coronavirus outbreak	04/11/2020	NBC News
Wisconsin 'stay at home' order thrown out by state Supreme Court, Trump praises decision	04/15/2020	KSTP 5
Number of domestic abuse victims killed by partner 'more than doubles' in lockdown	04/15/2020	Mirror
'Above my pay grade': New Jersey governor claims Bill of Rights did not factor into his coronavirus executive orders	04/15/2020	Washington Examiner
Overdose deaths skyrocket in Pennsylvania during COVID-19 pandemic	04/22/2020	CBS 21 Harrisburg
Stanford Doctors Calls for Ending Full-Blown Lockdowns	04/23/2020	Big League Politics
Texas mayor apologizes after violating stay-at-home order to go to nail salon	04/25/2020	NBC News
Government adviser says guidelines on keeping apart was 'conjured out of nowhere'	04/26/2020	Daily Mail
6 months of coronavirus lockdown could mean 31 million more cases of domestic violence, UN says	04/28/2020	CBS News
U.S. hospitals are losing millions of dollars per day in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic — and recovery may take years	05/05/2020	CNBC
Dem Congressman Spotted on Private Beach After Calling Keeping Public Beaches Open 'Reckless'	05/05/2020	The Western Journal
The mental toll of coronavirus lockdowns on families and children	05/05/2020	alexberenson
Two boys drop dead in China while wearing masks during gym class	05/06/2020	New York Post
Cuomo: 'Everything is closed down,' yet many staying at home made ill by virus, per NY study	05/06/2020	Newsday
Two boys drop dead in China while wearing masks during gym class	05/06/2020	New York Post
Coronavirus: Is it time to free the healthy from restrictions?	05/06/2020	BBC News
Coronavirus: Prof Neil Ferguson quits government role after 'undermining' lockdown	05/06/2020	BBC
Salon owner who illegally reopened out of jail on Texas Supreme Court’s order	05/07/2020	USA Today
U.S. Field Hospitals Stand Down, Most Without Treating Any COVID-19 Patients	05/07/2020	NPR
Federal judge issues order allowing Mass. gun shops to reopen	05/07/2020	Boston Globe
"Alarming" spike in deadly unintentional shootings by kids as gun sales soar during lockdowns	05/08/2020	CBS News
Elon Musk Tells Joe Rogan: Lockdowns Are ‘Unconstitutional’	05/09/2020	Breitbart
Coronavirus Lockdown Causing Up to 75,000 Suicides, Drug Overdoses, More	05/09/2020	Washington Sentinel
Federal judge halts Kentucky governor's ban on in-person church services after lawsuit	05/11/2020	Fox News
Coronavirus lockdowns could spark rise in HIV infections, experts warn	05/12/2020	CGTN
COVID-19 Lockdown Increases Child Abuse Risk	05/12/2020	WebMD
Pregnant woman dies during childbirth from treatable condition undiagnosed due to coronavirus restrictions, family says	05/13/2020	Washington Examiner
Pennsylvania health official moved mother from nursing home as deaths skyrocketed	05/13/2020	New York Post
Unicef warns lockdown could kill more than Covid-19 as model predicts 1.2 million child deaths	05/13/2020	Telegraph
Substantial investment needed to avert mental health crisis	05/14/2020	W.H.O.
Stanford medical prof says pandemic lockdowns are ‘doomed to fail’	05/18/2020	LifeSite
Oregon Circuit Court Declares Covid-19 Lockdown is Illegal	05/19/2020	The Street
New York City's lockdown is plunging the city into poverty	05/20/2020	New York Post
CDC now says coronavirus 'does not spread easily' via contaminated surfaces	05/20/2020	Fox News
Government scientific adviser says Britain's two metre social distancing rule is unnecessary and based on 'very fragile' evidence	05/20/2020	Daily Mail
Masks offer little if any, protection from infection	05/21/2020	New England Journal of Medicine
Study authors admit masks mostly used as 'symbolism'	05/21/2020	New England Journal of Medicine
Lockdown causes unprecedented damage to the poor	05/22/2020	Christian Post
600 Physicians Say Lockdowns Are A ‘Mass Casualty Incident’	05/22/2020	Forbes
80 Million Young Children at Higher Disease Risk Because of Missed Vaccinations During Coronavirus Lockdowns	05/22/2020	Newsweek
Virginia Gov. Northam criticized after not wearing mask or social distancing on beach	05/23/2020	Fox News
Chabot: Karyn Polito sets bad example with weekend party during coronavirus lockdown	05/26/2020	Boston Herald
New Mexico governor slammed for buying jewelry amid coronavirus closures	05/27/2020	Las Cruces Sun News
Nancy Grace spotlights why child abuse cases are rising during coronavirus lockdown	05/28/2020	Fox News
High court strikes down ‘paternalistic’ lockdown regulations	06/02/2020	Mail & Guardian
COVID-19 lockdowns worsen childhood obesity, study finds	06/03/2020	Science Daily
Extra 10,000 dementia deaths in England and Wales in April	06/04/2020	The Guardian
Michigan Supreme Court sides with barber who defied coronavirus shutdown	06/06/2020	New York Post
Scientific Information on Masks Against COVID-19	06/07/2020	Lockdown Sceptics
Unpacking the New WHO Controversy Over Asymptomatic COVID-19 Transmission	06/09/2020	TIME
The COVID Skeptics Were Right	06/11/2020	The American Spectator
Why India’s Lockdown Has Been a Spectacular Failure	06/12/2020	The Wire
COVID-19 and cancer	06/19/2020	Science
As U.S. lockdowns lift, evictions loom for poorest city dwellers	06/19/2020	Reuters
Lethal Lockdowns: The WHO-CDC Global Genocide	06/22/2020	New American
What good do the masks do, really?	06/26/2020	American Thinker
Judge blocks 25% capacity rule for religious services in NY	06/26/2020	ABC News
Nobel laureates warn coronavirus is boosting 'authoritarian' practices	06/26/2020	World Net Daily
Report Claims Suspected Overdoses Are Skyrocketing As Lockdowns Continue	07/01/2020	The Daily Wire
Judge Nukes Ill. Lockdown: Pritzker 'Had No Authority' to Restrict Movement and Close Businesses	07/02/2020	PJ Media
'Broken Heart Syndrome' has increased during coronavirus pandemic, study shows	07/11/2020	Fox News
Sweden's health agency says open schools did not spur pandemic spread among children	07/15/2020	Reuters
In Shadow of Pandemic, U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Resurge to Record	07/15/2020	New York Times
Kentucky's AG scores win over governor's face mask order	07/17/2020	Legal Newsline
200,000 people could die because of delays in healthcare and economic effects of coronavirus lockdown, report warns	07/20/2020	Daily Mail
Pandemic leads to national coin shortage; Federal Reserve task force created to help	07/21/2020	NBC News
Dr. Fauci says photo of him with mask down at baseball game is 'mischievous'	07/24/2020	Washington Times
Norway Does a Mask-Wearing Review, Guess What the Result Was	07/28/2020	Healthy Skeptic
CDC Director Compares Rate of Suicides to COVID-19 Deaths	07/28/2020	TownHall
Norway Does a Mask-Wearing Review, Guess What the Result Was	07/28/2020	Healthy Skeptic
Dutch government will not require masks despite virus surge	07/29/2020	Reuters
Did Lockdowns work? Evidence says no	08/04/2020	Powerline
Europe's Top Health Officials Say Masks Aren't Helpful in Beating COVID-19	08/06/2020	Foundation for Economic Education
The Ontario arbitration fight about masks	08/07/2020	Twitter
Why Sweden, pilloried by the whole world for refusing to lock down, may be having the last laugh as experts say Stockholm is close to achieving herd immunity	08/09/2020	Daily Mail
The Covid-19 Crisis Has Wiped Out Nearly Half Of Black Small Businesses	08/10/2020	Forbes
Remote school is putting kids under toxic stress	08/10/2020	Washington Post
Small Businesses Are Dying by the Thousands — And No One Is Tracking the Carnage	08/11/2020	Bloomberg
CDC: One quarter of young adults contemplated suicide during pandemic	08/13/2020	Politico
Death Rate In Peru Proves That Lockdowns Won't Stop COVID-19	08/13/2020	Town Hall
Stress headaches surge during COVID lockdowns, research shows	08/26/2020	NYPost
Philadelphia mayor apologizes after he was spotted dining indoors in Maryland while restaurants in his city are still closed	09/01/2020	CNN
US divorce rates skyrocket amid COVID-19 pandemic	09/01/2020	New York Post
Numbers show lockdowns didn’t help contain COVID-19 — opening up didn’t boost it	09/02/2020	New York Post
Nancy Pelosi seen without mask inside San Francisco hair salon	09/02/2020	BBC News
New York exodus accelerates amid pandemic as some residents head south	09/02/2020	Fox Business
Invisible children	09/03/2020	Washington Examiner
Depression Has Skyrocketed During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Says	09/04/2020	TIME
Were the Lockdowns a Mistake?	09/04/2020	RealClearPolitics
Report: San Francisco Opens Gyms For City Employees — Private Gyms Still In Lockdown	09/08/2020	Daily Caller
‘Once school starts, I am not going to be OK’: Remote learning during COVID-19 has Seattle-area parents learning their own limits	09/08/2020	Seattle Times
The Evidence Keeps Piling up: Lockdowns Don’t Work	09/09/2020	Mises Wire
Stanford expert blasts COVID lockdown failures: 'We quarantined the healthy ... exposed the sick'	09/10/2020	Just the News
If Masks Work, Why Don’t They WORK?	09/14/2020	Townhall
Federal Judge Says Pennsylvania Democrat Governor’s Lockdown Orders Are Unconstitutional	09/14/2020	The Federalist
Covid-19: ‘Shadow pandemic’ and violence against women	09/17/2020	Ideas for India
By the numbers, it’s hard to see how lockdowns saved many lives	09/18/2020	New York Post
Surgical mask wearing among individuals in non-healthcare settings is not significantly associated with reduction in acute respiratory illness incidence in this meta-review	09/20/2020	Frontiers in Medicine
Local lockdowns failing to stop Covid spread in England, experts warn	09/22/2020	The Guardian
Restaurant Owner Refuses to Back Down in Calling Out Nashville Mayor John Cooper’s ‘Manipulation and Suppression’ of Low Coronavirus Numbers	09/22/2020	The Tennessee Star
Ohio Football Mom Tased and Arrested for Not Wearing Mask at a Game	09/24/2020	The Tennessee Star
One-quarter of all gyms could be lost to pandemic this year without congressional action	09/24/2020	Washington Examiner
Nashville Attorney Representing Lower Broadway’s Bar and Restaurant Owners Says John Cooper Lied About COVID-19 Numbers, Shut Businesses Down Out of Spite	09/25/2020	The Tennessee Star
The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning	09/28/2020	ProPublica
Feinstein spotted without mask at Dulles Airport despite calls for 'mandatory' policy	09/29/2020	Fox News
BUSTED on Hot Mic: PA Gov. Wolf and Elected Crony Laughing About Masks as 'Political Theater'	09/29/2020	PJ Media
A Sensible and Compassionate Anti-COVID Strategy	10/01/2020	Imprimis
Great Barrington Declaration	10/04/2020	Great Barrington Declaration
Sabotage in the Liberal City: The disparate racial impact of progressivism’s pandemic-era policy blunders	10/06/2020	New York Times
Amazon Thoroughly Wrecks Narrative About Lockdowns Being Necessary	10/06/2020	RealClear Markets
Courts say extreme, arbitrary lockdowns don’t pass Constitution’s sniff test	10/06/2020	New York Post
A Failed Experiment. The lockdowns must end.	10/07/2020	City Journal
Ralph Northam Drops Draconian COVID Restrictions on Churches Under Legal Duress	10/08/2020	PJ Media
COVID-19: Madrid Court Rejects 'partial Lockdown', Calls It 'harmful To Basic Rights'	10/09/2020	Republicworld
5 Charts That Show Sweden’s Strategy Worked. The Lockdowns Failed	10/09/2020	Foundation for Economic Education
Schools Aren’t Super-Spreaders: Fears from the summer appear to have been overblown.	10/09/2020	The Atlantic
WHO Reverses Course Again, Now Condemns Lockdowns Over ‘Economic Consequences’	10/11/2020	Daily Wire
Andy Biggs rips mask narrative after CDC report shows 85% of symptomatic people 'often' or 'always' wore masks	10/12/2020	Washington Examiner
Michigan Governor Loses AGAIN in the Michigan State Supreme Court on Her Power Grabs	10/12/2020	RedState
A medic’s case against another lockdown	10/14/2020	The Spectator
Louisiana health official says low number of coronavirus cases tied to in-school learning 'encouraging'	10/16/2020	Washington Examiner
Bellevue doctor details increase in cancer risk during COVID-19 lockdowns	10/16/2020	MyNorthwest
8 million Americans slipped into poverty amid coronavirus pandemic, new study says	10/16/2020	NBC News
Gov. Andrew Cuomo plays a dangerous double game with New York Jews	10/17/2020	Washington Examiner
States With Stricter Lockdown Policies Have The Most Coronavirus Deaths, Highest Unemployment, Democrat Controlled	10/19/2020	The Daily Fodder
Lockdowns are driving unhealthy habits like eating takeaways in people at risk of heart disease and Covid-19, doctors warn	10/19/2020	Daily Mail
Are The Risks Of Reopening Schools Exaggerated?	10/21/2020	NPR
Suicides Up Nearly 100% Among Young People in Wisconsin’s Second Largest County, as Medical Experts Cite Perils of Social Isolation in Wisconsin’s Second Largest County, as Medical Experts Cite Perils of Social Isolation	10/21/2020	Foundation for Economic Education
A Comprehensive Case Against Lockdowns: How Dr. Ari Joffe Changed His Mind	10/23/2020	American Institute for Economic Research
The Sketchy Claims of the Case for a Mask Mandate	10/24/2020	American Institute for Economic Research
The Sketchy Claims of the Case for a Mask Mandate	10/24/2020	American Institute for Economic Research
Parents' 'Mom Code' keeping Utah students from being tested for coronavirus: report	10/26/2020	Fox News
Only 26% of N.Y.C. Students Attend In-Person Classes, Far From Goal	10/26/2020	New York Times
Predictions of more suicides, overdoses and domestic abuse during COVID are coming true	10/28/2020	ABC News
Europe gears up for more economic pain as Germany and France impose national lockdowns	10/29/2020	CNBC
Legal group says cities may be violating Constitution by banning trick-or-treating because of coronavirus	10/30/2020	Fox News
France sees 400-mile traffic jam as country enters new COVID lockdown	10/30/2020	New York Post
Zimbabwe: Women Forced to Turn to Prostitution as Lockdowns Batter Failing Economy	10/30/2020	Breitbart
Newsom sends his children back to private school classrooms in California	10/30/2020	Politico
225K couples with pandemic-postponed weddings owe $3.7B in loans	10/31/2020	Fox News
So Much for the “Strawman” of Lockdowns	11/02/2020	American Institute for Economic Research
COVID-19 lockdowns cause polio spike in Pakistan	11/02/2020	Medical Xpress
Commentary: COVID-19 Lockdowns Have Created a New Feudalism	11/02/2020	The Tennessee Star
Lockdown isn’t working	11/02/2020	The Spectator
Lockdowns made taming obesity even tougher, study shows	11/03/2020	Medical Xpress
Charlie Baker’s new mask mandate ‘pandemic theater,’ says Harvard epidemiologist	11/03/2020	Boston Herald
The 2013 Lockdown Experiment in Boston	11/04/2020	American Institute for Economic Research
Why elevator etiquette has New Yorkers at each other’s throats	11/04/2020	New York Post
De Blasio breaks social distancing, poses for Biden win selfies as thousands gather shoulder-to-shoulder	11/08/2020	Fox News
DC mayor disregarded own COVID restrictions to attend Biden victory speech, defends 'essential travel'	11/09/2020	Fox News
Naomi Wolf Expresses Regret: If I’d Known Biden Was Open to Lockdowns, I Would Have Never Voted for Him	11/09/2020	Breitbart
Domestic Violence More Than Doubled Under Lockdowns, New Study Finds	11/12/2020	Dr. Rich Swier
Number of patients waiting more than a year for non-coronavirus treatment highest since 2008	11/12/2020	Sky News
Sacramento Bee blasts CA Gov. Gavin Newsom for 'hypocritical fiasco' after attending party during COVID	11/13/2020	Fox News
Chicago mayor's lockdown orders, 'canceling' of Thanksgiving draw pushback	11/13/2020	Fox News
A Second National Lockdown is Dangerous and Reckless	11/13/2020	American Institute for Economic Research
Suicide claimed more Japanese lives in October than 10 months of COVID	11/13/2020	CBS News
Pandemic and coin shortage pose threat to The Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign	11/13/2020	Fox Business
Even a Military-Enforced Quarantine Can’t Stop the Virus, Study Reveals	11/13/2020	American Institute for Economic Research
Texas court halts county coronavirus order closing non-essential businesses	11/13/2020	Fox News
Calif. Gov. Newsom attended party last week as state prepares for Thanksgiving limitations	11/13/2020	Fox News
New stats reveal massive NYC exodus amid coronavirus, crime	11/14/2020	New York Post
California judge rules Gov. Gavin Newsom overstepped authority with mail ballot order	11/14/2020	Fox News
New coronavirus wedding rules in Ohio ignite backlash	11/16/2020	Fox News
The Indian economy is still recovering from the damage of the Covid-19 lockdowns	11/16/2020	Quartz India
California authorities insist people stay home -- meanwhile they're escaping to lavish getaway in Hawaii	11/16/2020	Fox News
UK Health Study Found 26,000 "Extra" Non-COVID Deaths At Home Amid Lockdowns	11/16/2020	ZeroHedge
Michigan restaurant group sues health department over indoor dining restrictions	11/17/2020	Fox News
Germany protesters clash with police amid government coronavirus restrictions	11/18/2020	Fox News
Philadelphia mayor spotted drinking a beer at a bar before announcing total lockdown on indoor dining	11/18/2020	Fox News
Michigan restaurant group sues health department over indoor dining restrictions	11/18/2020	Fox News
New York Times op-ed admits 'Trump was right,' Democrats 'wrong,' about keeping schools open	11/18/2020	Fox News
Randomly controlled trial in Denmark found that wearing masks did not stop Covid spread	11/18/2020	Annals of Internal Medicine
The Danish Mask Study	11/18/2020	The Healthy Skeptic
Nebraska ex-bar employee seeks donations after firing over video of maskless Gov. Ricketts: reports	11/19/2020	Fox News
Pizza restaurant worker’s lie led to South Australia lockdown, officials say	11/20/2020	Fox News
Brooklyn Dems spotted at crowded birthday bash amid coronavirus surge	11/20/2020	Fox News
‘Our kids are not all right’: New report finds teens struggling due to school closure and isolation	11/20/2020	Center of the American Experiment
COVID-19 Lockdowns Appear to Be Causing More Cases of High Blood Pressure	11/22/2020	Healthline
NJ governor's 'draconian' coronavirus order limiting holiday gatherings won't be enforced, police chief says	11/23/2020	Fox News
Protesters take to the streets in California to bash Newsom's curfew orders	11/23/2020	Fox News
Pandemic has taken a bite out of seafood trade, consumption	11/23/2020	Fox Business
Los Angeles Dept of Public Health admits no science link between outdoor dining, COVID-19 spike	11/24/2020	Fox Business
Blount County Mayor Shares Comparison of Mask and No-Mask Counties in Tennessee	11/24/2020	The Tennessee Star
Denver mayor issues apology for traveling over Thanksgiving, ignoring his own warnings	11/25/2020	Fox News
A 90-Year-Old Woman Killed Herself To Avoid Another COVID-19 Lockdown. She’s Not Alone	11/25/2020	The Federalist
Denver mayor makes Thanksgiving travel plans, ignoring his own COVID policies	11/26/2020	Fox News
Kentucky ABC shuts down Lexington coffee shop for refusing to close after new coronavirus order	11/28/2020	Fox News
NYC bar in COVID-19 hotspot refuses to shut down after state yanks liquor license	11/28/2020	Fox News
Robberies in L.A. UP 500% Due to Mandatory Mask Order by Guv Nuisance	11/29/2020	California Political Review
More hypocrisy from our Leaders of Lockdown	12/01/2020	790 KABC
LA County supervisor visited restaurant after voting for outdoor dining ban: report	12/01/2020	Fox News
Students failing more often during coronavirus virtual learning: study	12/01/2020	Fox News
Cuomo, top aides hold press conference indoors without face coverings	12/01/2020	Fox News
San Francisco mayor London Breed - who imposed first city-wide lockdown - dined at the French Laundry restaurant the night after Gov. Gavin Newsom's infamous party	12/01/2020	Daily Mail
Austin mayor tells constituents to stay home — from Mexico vacation	12/02/2020	New York Post
Erie County Comptroller changing the way COVID-19 business fines are paid	12/02/2020	2 WGRZ
11-Year-Old Calif. Boy Dies During Online Class From 'Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound': Officials	12/03/2020	People
Zappos' CEO Tony Hsieh became depressed after Covid lockdowns, began abusing drugs and eventually died	12/04/2020	Forbes
San Diego mayor slams Newsom’s coronavirus lockdowns, says 'no science' behind new restrictions	12/04/2020	Fox News
California Assemblyman James Gallagher slams Democratic Gov. Newsom’s new COVID-19 lockdown	12/04/2020	Fox News
Coronavirus pandemic has led to an "unprecedented" surge of children and teens in psychiatric crisis that is straining an already stretched hospital system	12/05/2020	Associated Press
Study warns many people are drinking too much alcohol in lockdown	12/07/2020	SlashGear
Coronavirus lockdown in California forces business to flee the state	12/07/2020	Fox Business
White House Coronavirus Task Force members Fauci, Giroir at odds over California lockdowns	12/07/2020	Fox News
Data Shows Lockdowns Have Made Americans Significantly Less Healthy	12/08/2020	Daily Caller
Bar owner pushes back on Minnesota governor’s lockdown orders: 'I’m not gonna back down from tyranny'	12/08/2020	Fox News
Judge slams LA’s outdoor-dining ban, but they still can’t reopen	12/08/2020	Fox Business
10,000 restaurants closed over last 3 months, report says	12/09/2020	Fox Business
Coronavirus mass exodus puts NYC in 'very fragile situation': Home Depot's Langone	12/09/2020	Fox Business
New Jersey gym owner takes coronavirus shutdown revolt national with business directory	12/09/2020	Fox Business
Maine father says remote learning isolation to blame for teen's death amid pandemic	12/09/2020	Fox News
Californians Are Fed Up With Newsom’s Draconian Shutdowns	12/10/2020	The American Spectator
Child abuse reports in Massachusetts plummet during coronavirus pandemic	12/17/2020	Boston Herald
Over 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12 months ending in May 2020, the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded	12/17/2020	CDC
Rhode Island Governor: Obey COVID Restrictions...Except for Me Because I Need to Go to a Wine Bar	12/17/2020	Town Hall
Calif. judge rules San Diego County restaurants can reopen; says strip club ruling also protects eateries	12/18/2020	Fox News
California doctor calls lockdowns ‘failure of imagination,’ as state becomes epicenter of outbreak	12/18/2020	Fox News
Staggering Surge In Drug Overdose Deaths Far Outpacing COVID-19 Fatalities In San Francisco	12/19/2020	KPIX 5
Deborah Birx traveled, visit family during Thanksgiving despite virus warning	12/20/2020	Washington Times
San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths Far Outpace City’s COVID-19 Death Count	12/21/2020	Bongino Report
Secret plans helped Brooklyn synagogue pull off massive, maskless wedding	12/21/2020	Fox News
Coronavirus restrictions force NY restaurant owner to leave for Florida: 'Decisions aren't rational'	12/21/2020	Fox Business
New Study Shows Mask Mandates Had Zero Effect in Florida or Nationwide, But the Lie Continues	12/21/2020	Town Hall
The Pandemic Has Led To More Drug Overdoses In A 12-Month Period Than At Any Point In US History	12/23/2020	The Daily Caller
Mother Of LaSalle County Teen Who Committed Suicide, Other Parents Sue Over COVID-19 Restrictions On High School Sports, Activities	12/23/2020	CBS 2 Chicago
California doctor fired after writing letter questioning county's coronavirus lockdowns	12/23/2020	Fox News
'A Direct and Severe Violation': Court Strikes Cuomo's COVID-19 Orders on Churches, Synagogues	12/28/2020	PJ Media
This Tennessee Data for Masked vs. Unmasked Counties Would Be on Every Front Page, if Results Were Different	12/28/2020	Town Hall
School closures in lockdowns cost Israelis NIS 850 m. a week in wages	12/28/2020	Jerusalem Post
Salon owner accuses Oregon governor of retaliating for resisting lockdown orders: 'She terrorized my family'	12/29/2020	Fox News
Dozens of cruise employees died by suicide during coronavirus quarantine: report	12/30/2020	Bloomberg
Texas Supreme Court blocks county order for COVID-19 restaurant curfew	01/02/2021	Fox News
San Francisco lost a total of 699 people to overdoses last year, a 59% rise from 2019	01/15/2021	San Francisco Gate Chronicle
Most NYC schools aren’t trying to track online attendance — or trying to do anything at all, really	01/15/2021	New York Post
Half of Victorians gain weight during pandemic, 39 per cent drink more alcohol	01/19/2021	news.com.au
Ultra-Orthodox attack Israeli police amid lockdown tensions	01/22/2021	AP
Dem govs Whitmer, Murphy flout own coronavirus restrictions for Biden inauguration	01/23/2021	Fox News
Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown protesters in 2 cities	01/24/2021	AP
Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen	01/24/2021	The New York Times
Iowa restaurant selling for $1 because of coronavirus challenges	02/03/2021	Fox News
Alcohol deaths hit record high during Covid pandemic	02/05/2021	BBC
Covid set to cause 400,000 surge in TB deaths as medics diverted	02/05/2021	The Guardian
Wisconsin state GOP repeals coronavirus rules – then Dem governor issues new ones: reports	02/05/2021	Fox News
Lockdown States Suffer More Covid Deaths on Average	02/08/2021	Lockdown Skeptics
Texas boy, 12, hangs himself after battling depression amid COVID-19	02/11/2021	NY Post
CDC director says negative effects of distance learning outstrip transmission risk from in-school learning	02/12/2021	Fox News
San Francisco sues schools, citing high number of suicidal students	02/12/2021	NY Post
Suicide rates in Japan more than doubled during Covid lockdowns	02/13/2021	Infectious Disease Surveillance Center
Three NYC school kids killed themselves in three weeks amid COVID-19 pandemic	02/17/2021	New York Post
New York Times wildly exaggerates NYC’s COVID rates to prolong lockdowns	02/18/2021	New York Times
Keeping schools closed hurts minority, low-income children the most, study finds	02/18/2021	Fox News
Pandemic Loneliness Is Hitting Young Adults Especially Hard	02/23/2021	Wall Street Journal
Ex-Clinton adviser Naomi Wolf warns US becoming 'totalitarian state before our eyes' under Biden	02/23/2021	Fox News
Anti-Trump sentiment, not science, may be behind Dems’ school closures, liberal NY Times columnist writes	02/25/2021	Fox News
Supreme Court blocks a California ban on indoor church services	02/27/2021	Fox News
Calif. teachers union president who led school closure charge seen dropping daughter off at in-person preschool	03/01/2021	Fox News
FAIR Health Releases Study on Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Mental Health	03/01/2021	FAIR Health
U.S. on pace to surpass 100,000 overdose deaths in a single year	03/02/2021	STAT News
Expert: Kids 10 times more likely to die of suicide than Covid	03/03/2021	The Federalist
Charts showing how masks, if anything, backfired	03/03/2021	Tom Woods
The CDC’s Mask Mandate Study: Debunked	03/04/2021	American Institute for Economic Research
Study in Nature unable to find any positive correlation between social isolation, reduced Covid transmission	03/05/2021	Nature
Suicides in Los Alamos (NM) tripled while Fresno (CA) numbers jumped 70% in June 2020 compared to the same month the previous year.	03/17/2021	American Institute for Economic Research
John Kerry caught maskless on flight, American Airlines 'looking into' apparent COVID violation	03/17/2021	Fox News
'Some studies indicate that masks and limiting group activities such as indoor dining can help slow the spread of the coronavirus, but less clear is why states with greater government-imposed restrictions have not always fared better than those w/o them'	03/18/2021	The Washington Post
Lockdowns Are Putting People With Eating Disorders in Crisis	03/19/2021	WebMD
Associated Press finally admits lockdowns don’t reduce COVID-19 infections, deaths	03/19/2021	Catholic Citizens of Illinois
Scuffles and arrests as anti-lockdown protesters march through London	03/20/2021	Reuters
VIRGINIA: Restaurateur Who Ignored Mask Mandate Beats Government in Court, Will Keep Doors OPEN	03/21/2021	National File
Through my eyes: How lockdown anxiety with a newborn broke me	03/22/2021	Medical News Today
The Study That Changed The CDC’s 6-Foot Guidance For Schools	03/22/2021	American Council on Science and Health
Germany’s Merkel admits ‘mistake’ and reverses Easter lockdown	03/24/2021	CNBC
Michigan governor's top aide vacations in Florida, despite Whitmer's travel warning	04/10/2021	Fox News
A year into the pandemic, it’s even more clear that it’s safer to be outside	04/13/2021	Washington Post
Maher praises DeSantis, knocks Cuomo, 'liberal media' for getting COVID wrong: 'Those are just facts'	04/17/2021	Fox News
Ontario retracts new coronavirus restrictions that banned playgrounds, involved police after outcry	04/18/2021	Fox News
Michigan Gov. Whitmer lied about travels before Florida trip revealed: 'I was here in town the whole time'	04/22/2021	Fox News
Fully open Texas and Florida reporting fewer COVID cases than Democrat-led Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York	04/25/2021	Fox News
Fauci acknowledges outdoor COVID-19 transmission 'low,' expects updated mask guidance	04/25/2021	Fox News
MIT researchers say ‘six-foot rule’ behind social distancing policies has ‘no physical basis’	04/26/2021	news.com.au
Economist's survey of lockdown studies finds they overestimate benefits and underestimate costs	04/27/2021	HotAir
CBS anchor 'so confused' by Becerra's insistence vaccinated people still wear masks	04/27/2021	Fox News
CDC admits having no studies showing masks effective at stopping Covid	04/27/2021	CDC
Oregon restaurants and bars slam latest indoor dining shutdown: 'We're pretty pissed'	04/28/2021	Fox Business
Oregon Town Declares Emergency to Fight Gov. Brown's Lockdowns	04/28/2021	PJ Media
Oregon HS coach demands end to mask mandate after athlete collapses: 'We're talking about oxygen needs'	04/29/2021	Fox News
Inside the mental health shadow pandemic caused by COVID-19	05/01/2021	New York Post
Meta study shows masks aren't effective against Covid	05/01/2021	Swiss Policy Research
McCaughey: Science says once vaccinated, enjoy life again	05/03/2021	Boston Herald
CDC risk of coronavirus transmission outdoors greatly exaggerated, bombshell report finds	05/11/2021	Fox News
How CDC discourages vaccinations: New York Times rips ‘misleading’ advice	05/12/2021	Fox News
Fauci says vaccinated people 'don't have to wear a mask outside'	05/13/2021	Fox News
Masks Didn't Slow COVID Spread: New Study	05/18/2021	medRxiv
Dr. Nicole Saphier: The COVID panic is over. Let's stop punishing the innocents – our kids	05/22/2021	Fox News
Pandemic has fueled eating disorder surge in teens, adults	05/24/2021	Fox News
Whitmer administration rescinds COVID-19 rule after photo pops up on social media	05/24/2021	Fox News
Study finds prolonged mask use may lead to intermittent hypoxia and an increase in hemoglobin mass	05/26/2021	Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Study finds that lockdowns resulted in an increase in excess deaths	06/01/2021	National Bureau of Economic Research
Dangerous pathogens found on children’s face masks	06/16/2021	Rational Ground
Expect wave of severe health problem diagnoses: Labcorp CEO	06/23/2021	Yahoo! Finance
Study: Masking children causes hypercapnia	06/30/2021	JAMA
8-Year-Olds in Despair: The Mental Health Crisis Is Getting Younger	07/01/2021	The New York Times
Last year preschool & kindergarten enrollment saw "a sharp 13 percent drop … the largest year-over-year decline in enrollment since the start of the century"	07/06/2021	Epoch Times
New Zealand children falling ill in high numbers due to Covid ‘immunity debt’	07/08/2021	The Guardian
In Children, Risk of Covid-19 Death or Serious Illness Remains Extremely Low, New Studies Find	07/08/2021	The Wall Street Journal
Harvard report: Pandemic effect on kids shows negative academic and social impacts	07/21/2021	Boston Herald
Germany protesters slam 'unbearable level of arrogance' as lockdown fears loom	08/01/2021	Fox News
Hospitals see ‘ridiculous’ shortage of psychiatric beds, long wait times during pandemic	08/26/2021	Boston Herald
‘More than 340 teenagers a week have been admitted to hospital suffering mental health emergencies, according to a confidential Andrews government report that reveals Victoria’s pandemic and lockdown-fuelled youth crisis is worse than previously feared.’	08/27/2021	The Australian
Test Scores Show Clear Advantage of Classroom Learning over Remote Models	09/01/2021	Connecticut Examiner
Study suggests about half of hospitalized COVID patients this year had mild symptoms	09/13/2021	The Atlantic
Calif. counties that dropped mask mandate had same infection rates as those that didn't	10/05/2021	San Francisco Gate Chronicle
Americans drank, smoked more in pandemic: study	10/14/2021	Fox News
Surgeon general warns of youth mental health crisis amid COVID-19	12/07/2021	Fox News
Pandemic Lockdowns Fueled Massive Rise in Gaming and Addiction, Experts Say	12/15/2021	The Epoch Times
CBS News correspondent blasts 'crushing' COVID policies on kids: 'They have suffered and sacrificed the most'	12/27/2021	Fox News
Pandemic’s hidden toll: Almost one in 10 in UK await treatment, but not for COVID-19	12/30/2021	Fox News
NY Mag: Progressives ‘quietly’ starting to accept closing schools was ‘historic blunder’	01/17/2022	Fox News
LA County's pandemic gun store closures ruled unconstitutional, Second Amendment advocates praise 9th Circuit	01/24/2022	Fox Business
Johns Hopkins Analysis: ‘Lockdowns Should be Rejected Out of Hand’	02/01/2022	National Review
'Face the Nation' focus group of parents sound off on school closures, masking: 'Nasty mental health crisis'	02/07/2022	Fox News
STUDY: masks might make COVID worse	05/06/2022	The Counter Signal
New Study Alleges Mask Mandates Associated With Increased Covid Death Rate	06/05/2022	Townhall
Association between School Mask Mandates and SARS-CoV-2 Student Infections: Evidence from a Natural Experiment of Neighboring K-12 Districts in North Dakota	07/01/2022	Research Square
New Study Proves Once Again School Mask Mandates Were Useless for Stopping Covid	07/06/2022	Becker News
NPR education reporter: Reporters were 'too timid' during coverage of school closings	07/08/2022	Fox News
Critics slam pandemic school shutdowns after study suggests effects were worse than expected: 'Told you so'	07/12/2022	Fox News
Govt Covid response led to 2.7 year loss in average American life expectancy, worst decline in 100 years	08/31/2022	MSN
American students’ test scores plunge to levels unseen for decades	09/01/2022	Washington Post
Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2001–2021	12/01/2022	CDC
78 randomized trials found “little to no” evidence of preventing the wide spread of Covid-19	02/14/2023	National Review
Mask Wearing Should Not be Mandated Because Masks Impede Natural Breathing More than Virus Transmission	04/05/2023	Frontiers
School Closures Did Not Reduce the Spread of COVID-19	05/17/2023	Folkhalsomyndigheten
Lockdowns Likely Caused Increased Mental Health Issues, Including Anxiety and Depression, Spikes in Domestic Violence, Drug Overdoses, and Child Abuse	05/26/2023	Caldron Pool
Researchers Say Measures Taken in Spring 2020 Had 'Negligible Impact' on Covid Mortality Compared With Lighter-Touch Ccountries	06/04/2023	The Telegraph
Randomized controlled trials have shown masks don’t work	07/30/2024	Unmasked, Substack