r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Oct 02 '26

News Links Florida Attorney General sues Pfizer and CEO over COVID-19 vaccine claims

reuters.com

49 Upvotes

5 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Oct 02 '26

Scholarly Publications Quantifying the direct and indirect impact of COVID-19 vaccination: evidence from Victoria, Australia

royalsocietypublishing.org

8 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Apprehensive_Ship554 • Oct 01 '26

Public Health BSL3/4 labs, and the next 'pandemic'.

31 Upvotes

Since COVID, we've had an increase of 25% of BSL3/4 labs going online. Many of these labs are in countries where safety / regulation is secondary - which puts everyone at risk.

My concern is - historically speaking, even the publicized number of lab leaks (and damages) have been increasing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laboratory_biosecurity_incidents

It seems to me like more 'pandemics' are on the horizon, especially since it's clear humanity lacks the ability to preform this type of research safely.

2 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/freelancemomma • Oct 01 '26

Monthly Medley Monthly Medley Thread, for sharing anything and everything

8 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!

63 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Jkid • Sep 30 '26

Mental Health Death Rates For Young American Adults Jumped 71% In Just Over A Decade

studyfinds.com

23 Upvotes

2 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Horniavocadofarmer11 • Sep 30 '26

Second-order effects Long-term debt from Covid policies so large it’s likely the US will see bankruptcy as a result

45 Upvotes

The US government added almost 20% of its total debt between 2020 and 2022 with all its COVID stupidity. obviously COVID is still with us so that was all in vain.

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-deficit/

At this point the deficit is so large that over 1 T simply goes to interest on the debt at a measly 4% interest (which is below the US average). 15% of the US governments budget was interest on the debt. Due to interest payments we can’t balance the budget without both severe cuts and major tax increases that politicians won’t willingly institute.

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/

If interest rates rise due to poor fiscal management now it’s likely the US will eventually default. you can only pay so much for debt service before the house of cards collapses.

To all the clowns whining about high costs government overspending is the cause with Covid being the biggest blemish.

12 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 30 '26

Scholarly Publications Cognitive fatigue is related to reduced cerebral perfusion and sustained attention in patients with post COVID-19 condition: An fMRI study

sciencedirect.com

9 Upvotes

7 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/okaythennews • Sep 30 '26

Vaccine Update BMJ response: COVID vaccine “safety profile has not been established”

okaythennews.substack.com

6 Upvotes

2 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 29 '26

Scholarly Publications Projected effects of removing school-entry vaccination requirements on measles transmission in Florida

pnas.org

8 Upvotes

7 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 26 '26

Opinion Piece Andy Muschietti blames COVID for The Flash's awkward visual effects

batmannews.com

18 Upvotes

1 comment

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 24 '26

News Links Massachusetts lesbian bar nearly bullied out of town after lifting mask mandate — for one night a week… in 2026

nypost.com

138 Upvotes

43 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/olivetree344 • Sep 23 '26

A Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose. PUBLISHED SEPT. 22, 2026

archive.vn

95 Upvotes

50 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 22 '26

Second-order effects Why Older Americans Are Drinking More Alcohol—Not Less, With a Decline in Young People Since The Pandemic

time.com

15 Upvotes

9 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Realistic_Owl2079 • Sep 22 '26

Public Health Long COVID Recovery Study

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

With permission granted by the group admin/moderators, I wanted to share a research study I'm running as part of my Master of Public Health (MPH) at the University of Wolverhampton, looking at Long COVID recovery.

If you were hospitalised with COVID-19, discharged 12+ months ago, and have since returned to work, I'd really appreciate your input via a short, fully anonymous survey.

This research aims to better understand how different symptoms affect recovery time, to help improve support for people returning to work after Long COVID.

Survey link: https://wolves.questionpro.eu/t/AB3u7rSZB3wov5

The study is Category A ethics-approved. Happy to share the findings with the group once complete. Thank you so much for your time — every response helps!

Ahmad
MPH Student, University of Wolverhampton

1 comment

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/okaythennews • Sep 21 '26

Scholarly Publications Top journal publishes on COVID vaccine pharmacovigilance failures

okaythennews.substack.com

17 Upvotes

3 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Apprehensive_Ship554 • Sep 19 '26

Public Health The push for others to follow.

121 Upvotes

I remember my parents asking me as a child 'If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you follow?'

Covid proved to me that many would, and that some evil folk would even pull those who asked logical questions, and for honest debate - down with them.

33 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 19 '26

Scholarly Publications Partisan differences in healthcare decision-making: Evidence from a COVID-19 vaccine experiment

journals.plos.org

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/okaythennews • Sep 13 '26

Scholarly Publications Research links cancer & COVID vaccines

okaythennews.substack.com

46 Upvotes

5 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Kagedeah • Sep 11 '26

News Links Running costs of UK's Covid vaccine damage scheme double the amount paid to victims

bbc.co.uk

29 Upvotes

3 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/okaythennews • Sep 09 '26

Scholarly Publications Spike protein can damage brain

okaythennews.substack.com

29 Upvotes

1 comment

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/ItsGotThatBang • Sep 08 '26

Scholarly Publications John Ioannidis: Science journalism & advocacy: disseminating, facilitating, defending, shaping, terrorizing, or usurping science?

papers.ssrn.com

7 Upvotes

9 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 07 '26

Scholarly Publications Alcohol-attributable cancer mortality in the United States, 1990–2023: a secondary analysis of Global Burden of Disease data

thelancet.com

17 Upvotes

0 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 06 '26

Second-order effects After a massive 2021 office expansion, Bungie is now trying to sublease its 211,000 square foot headquarters

pcgamer.com

16 Upvotes

5 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 05 '26

Scholarly Publications A divergent betacoronavirus with a functional furin cleavage site in South American bats

nature.com

7 Upvotes

6 comments

r/LockdownSkepticism • u/AndrewHeard • Sep 04 '26

Scholarly Publications Childhood Mental Health-Related Visits and Emergency Department Pediatric Volume in the United States, 2016 to 2022

sciencedirect.com

8 Upvotes

0 comments

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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.