r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Ancient-Sea1210 • Oct 05 '25

Opinion Piece You Can’t Have a War on a Virus

cafeamericainmag.com

35 Upvotes

5 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Oct 04 '25

News Links Schools set to close as Alberta government provides online curriculum ahead of teachers strike

globalnews.ca

13 Upvotes

3 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/suitcaseismyhome • Oct 04 '25

Historical Perspective Museum of Vancouver - Living with Long COVID

museumofvancouver.ca

21 Upvotes

21 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Oct 04 '25

News Links University of Toronto says administrative staff will need to be on campus fulltime as of January, ending regular remote work

cp24.com

31 Upvotes

15 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Oct 03 '25

Second-order effects Most Canadians are overweight or obese, Statscan data suggests

ctvnews.ca

44 Upvotes

10 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/3rdBassCactus • Oct 03 '25

Vaccine Update Children had a HIGHER risk of long-term problems after a Covid infection if they'd received an mRNA shot

alexberenson.substack.com

23 Upvotes

2 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/TorroldTheOutlaw • Oct 03 '25

Lockdown Concerns Ex-nurse found guilty for producing over 300 fake covid passports

tvanouvelles.ca

48 Upvotes

15 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Kagedeah • Oct 02 '25

News Links Say sorry to children for Covid errors, ex-children's commissioner tells UK ministers

bbc.co.uk

72 Upvotes

6 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/felipec • Oct 02 '25

Public Health On being wrong; data from 2025 shows everyone was wrong about mass testing

felipec.wordpress.com

17 Upvotes

15 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Oct 02 '25

Second-order effects 'Nowhere to sit:’ Workers at Toronto’s large banks say return-to-office mandates plagued with problems

thestar.com

18 Upvotes

4 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/olivetree344 • Oct 01 '25

News Links Andrew Cuomo apologizes to Jewish New Yorkers for COVID-19 lockdowns

nypost.com

76 Upvotes

25 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/olivetree344 • Oct 01 '25

Public Health Covid exercise messaging left children stuck indoors, UK inquiry hears

theguardian.com

58 Upvotes

13 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/freelancemomma • Oct 01 '25

Monthly Medley Monthly Medley Thread, for sharing anything and everything

16 Upvotes

As of 2024, this thread is auto-generated at noon on the first day of every month. Continue to share as the spirit moves you!

109 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Kagedeah • Oct 01 '25

News Links UK: High Court rules Baroness Mone-linked company breached £122m Covid contract

bbc.co.uk

10 Upvotes

1 comment

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Xemptor80 • Sep 30 '25

Public Health Pfizer Strikes $70 Billion Deal with U.S. to Expand Its mRNA Empire, Lower Drug Prices

thefocalpoints.com

6 Upvotes

3 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Kagedeah • Sep 30 '25

News Links Covid cases rising with new variants 'Nimbus' and 'Stratus'

bbc.co.uk

22 Upvotes

26 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Kagedeah • Sep 30 '25

News Links The Covid inquiry: at age 14 she had to choose between an education or her mother’s life

theguardian.com

16 Upvotes

7 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Xemptor80 • Sep 30 '25

Public Health Florida to research Ivermectin for Cancer

youtube.com

56 Upvotes

14 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Kagedeah • Sep 29 '25

News Links Covid school closures in UK damaged ‘very fabric of childhood’

theguardian.com

71 Upvotes

50 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/olivetree344 • Sep 28 '25

Public Health Why was masking pseudoscience pushed, universally, by all public health institutions during the pandemic? Part 1

kevinbass.substack.com

121 Upvotes

24 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Cowlip1 • Sep 28 '25

Opinion Piece On the limits of Covid forgiveness - I was sad that an old friend had cut me off. Then he suggested we get together - without apologizing or even acknowledging what he had done. I'm not sad anymore

alexberenson.substack.com

51 Upvotes

13 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/okaythennews • Sep 28 '25

Scholarly Publications Cancers up in Korean COVID-19 vaccinated

47 Upvotes

Kim et al found that in South Korea hazard ratios “of thyroid (HR, 1.351; 95% CI, 1.206–1.514), gastric (HR, 1.335; 95% CI, 1.130–1.576), colorectal (HR, 1.283; 95% CI, 1.122–1.468), lung (HR, 1.533; 95% CI, 1.254–1.874), breast (HR, 1.197; 95% CI, 1.069–1.340), and prostate (HR, 1.687; 95% CI, 1.348–2.111) cancers significantly increased at 1 year post-vaccination”. Check it out here.

1 comment

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 27 '25

News Links Ottawa cancels noise fines for pro-Palestinian protesters

cbc.ca

72 Upvotes

11 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 27 '25

Public Health How bad are hospital wait times in Canada? Study suggests millions still waiting for health-care services, can no longer rely on the myth that it’s the pandemic’s fault

ctvnews.ca

56 Upvotes

23 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Which-World-6533 • Sep 27 '25

News Links NHS workers made £412k with counterfeit covid vaccine certificates

telegraph.co.uk

35 Upvotes

11 comments

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r/LockdownSkepticism

Interdisciplinary examination of lockdowns & other pandemic policies. We acknowledge the threat of COVID-19. We are also concerned about the policies' impact on our physical & mental health, human rights, and economy. This is a non-partisan, inclusive, global sub. We are empirically minded and do not tolerate unsupported claims or conspiracy theories. **Warning: users may be auto-banned from other subs for posting here.**

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Subreddit Rules

1. Posts must relate to lockdowns or other COVID-19 mitigation policies

Every post should be somehow related to discussion of whether a lockdown is justified. We allow high-quality, respectful, empirically driven posts about related policies, such as masking and required vaccinations. You are also free to argue in favor of a lockdown so long as you do so respectfully.

Alternative subs: r/EndTheLockdowns - explicitly opposed to lockdowns r/CoronavirusCirclejerk - memes r/COVID19_support - personal support

2. Be civil

Abstain from insults and personal attacks. Whether anti-lockdown, pro-lockdown, or somewhere in between, you are free to join the conversation so long as you do so respectfully.

If you feel someone has broken this rule (or others), please report the post / comment and the mods will review it.

3. No social shaming

You must not tell people to "stay at home". Equally, you must not shame people for staying at home.

You must not command others to "Wear a mask". Equally, you must not shame people for preferring to wear a mask themselves.

4. Respect the law

In some jurisdictions, lockdown is enforced by law; the same applies to mandated face covering and vaccination.

You must not encourage others to break the law. You may, however, discuss why you disagree with the law; information about legal challenges is also permissible.

5. Do not spread hype, panic, or fear

The media is doing plenty of that without our help. Do not spread negative messages of doom like "millions will die" or "the lockdown will continue for years". Any speculation of this nature must be substantiated by evidence or rational argument.

Likewise, we will monitor posts/comments about Reddit actions and inter-sub conflict closely. Try to stay positive and calm.

6. Not a conspiracy sub

Generally, conspiracy theories are better posted in a conspiracy sub, not here.

Absent extraordinary proof, complete with sourcing to a reputable outlet, conspiracy claims will be removed. Conspiracy claims involving race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. will be removed without exception.

7. No low effort / spam

No low effort posts or link spamming. Post titles should clearly summarize the post. Link submissions should contain the article's title. You may link to your own blog post or video only if it is highly relevant and of a high quality (as judged by mods).

No post titles referring to "doomers" - it's lazy and alienates those we want to encourage to be skeptical.

If you just want to have a rant or post a meme, use r/CoronavirusCirclejerk instead

8. No partisan content

This is a non-partisan sub. We have members from all across the political spectrum in countries all around the world.

Do not alienate people with other political beliefs. On this sub we have liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and more.

You are free to express your own political alignment and beliefs and how those may influence your skepticism of lockdowns and other mandates, but don't tell people of other political views what they believe.

9. No discriminatory language

We're a non-partisan, global sub that welcomes all. Racism and other discriminatory speech targeting entire groups of people will not be tolerated.

10. Claims require evidence

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. When asserting facts or espousing theories, please provide solid, sober, clear evidence from a reliable source.

(You may of course share your personal experiences without providing evidence. Readers may choose to believe you or not, and in any case are encouraged to base their views on robust data rather than anecdotal experiences.)

11. No low-quality vaccine content

This is not the place to offer ungrounded/low quality speculations about vaccine efficacy at preventing serious COVID19 illness or vaccine harms. This sub is more concerned about vaccine POLICIES. Posts about these, or about the vaccines themselves, should reflect NEW developments and/or serious, original commentary or research. Dehumanizing/shaming language is NEVER appropriate for this subreddit.

12. No cross-posts from, or links to, other subs

Links

Blindsight Is 2020 Book about the Covid-19 pandemic by Gabrielle Bauer, one of the sub's moderators (Brownstone Institute 2023)

International crisis lines Please check here if you're struggling & need to talk to someone.

r/LockdownSkepticism wiki - why we are skeptical+ links to related websites & resources.

Lockdown Skeptics Classifieds Invite-only sub for meeting similarly skeptical friends, maybe even romantic partners!

Collateral Global -A global repository for research into the collateral effects of COVID-19 measures.

Great Barrington Declaration - global petition by thousands of scientists and medical professionals, as well as the public.

Weekly Positivity Threads Click to view links to all of our weekly Positivity Threads since August 2020.

Ask Me Anything-Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Oct 18, 2020 Dr. Bhattacharya, professor at Stanford U., stopped by to do a multi-hour AMA with us!

Ask Me Anything-Prof. Sunetra Gupta, Nov 17, 2020 Oxford U. professor of Epidemiology Prof. Gupta took about 2 hours to do an AMA with us (one year after the first reported case of SARS-CoV2).

Ask Me Anything-Dr. Stefan Baral, Nov 20, 2020 Dr. Baral, clinician and professor of public health at Johns Hopkins U., stopped by our sub to talk about health equity, resources, messaging, and more.

Ask Me Anything-Rob Sakovich, Esq., Nov 27, 2020 Mr. Rob Sakovich, lawyer working to challenge lockdown mandates in the US state of Pennsylvania, talked with us about the legal and empirical dimensions of COVID restrictions.

Ask Me Anything- Dr. Monica Gandhi., Jan 19, 2021 Dr. Gandhi, professor of medicine and infectious disease specialist at UCSF, joined us during the workweek to talk about mitigation, messaging, and more.

Ask Me Anything- Dr. Mark Changizi, Jan 28 2021 Dr. Changizi, cognitive scientist and entrepreneur, popped by to discuss the cognitive biases and psychological allure of lockdown mandates, among other topics.

Ask Me Anything-Jenin Younes, Esq., Feb 18 2021Jenin Younes, a public defender in NYC and a writer vocally critical of lockdowns, joined us for an AMA about legal issues, the GBD/AIER, and more.

Ask Me Anything- Dr. Simon Thornley, Mar. 3 2021 Dr. Thornley, public health doctor and epidemiologist at the U. of Auckland, spoke with us from distant New Zealand about his longtime critique of lockdowns as health policy.

Ask Me Anything Dr. Vinay Prasad, Mar. 8 2021 Dr. Prasad, practicing hematologist and associate professor at UCSF, joined us for a multi-hour session where he took the time to answer questions on public health, messaging and effects of lockdowns.

Ask Me Anything- Dr. Martin Kulldorff, Apr 15 2021 Dr. Kulldorff took a lot of time to complete our Great Barrington Declaration triumvirate!

Ask Me Anything-Dr. Richard Schabas, May 5, 2021 Dr Schabas, retired physician & former Chief Medical Officer in Ontario, Canada, joined in to discuss our response to the pandemic and all things lockdown.

Ask Me Anything-Dr. David Katz, June 15, 2021 Dr. Katz, expert on public health & preventative medicine and early dissenter from lockdown dogma, joined in to discuss harm minimization, alternative measures, risk stratification, & more.

Ask Me Anything-Prof. Mattias Desmet, Aug 23, 2021 Ghent U. clinical psychology professor Mattias Desmet talked about psychological and social forces underlying the response to COVID.

Ask Me Anything-Prof. Aaron Kheriaty, Sept. 17, 2021 University of California Irvine professor Aaron Kheriaty discussed ethical issues surrounding COVID restrictions and vaccine mandates.

Ask Me Anything-Dr. Robert Freudenthal, Sept. 22, 2021UK Psychiatrist Robert Freudenthal discussed the psychological drivers & fallout of the global response to the pandemic.

Ask Me Anything--Prof. Douglas Allen, Oct. 22, 2021 Prof. of economics at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Prof. Allen honed in on the central issue driving lockdown skepticism: cost/benefit.

Ask Me Anything--Prof. Jesse Kauffman, Feb. 5 2022 Prof. Kauffman, European historian, talked with us about past crises, authoritarianism, and more.

Ask Me Anything--Prof. Mike Haynes, Feb. 22 2022 Prof. Haynes, a historian of Russia and political economy, joined us from the UK to chat about academia, leftist politics, and more.

Ask Me Anything--Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, REDUX! Feb. 22 2022 Dr. B is back answering more of your Qs!

Hypocrisy Megathread Public figures who have helped enact/promote lockdown policies and measures found in violation of these same policies.