NIH director Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of COVID lockdowns
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As the U.S. formally exited from the World Health Organization last month, Trump administration officials misleadingly claimed that the WHO “pushed” or “promoted” lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over four years after the start of mass school lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, many children are still feeling the educational effects. According to a new report from the testing nonprofit Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), student test score ...
Teenage girls who lived through Covid-19 lockdowns experienced more rapid brain aging than boys, The Guardian reported, citing data that suggests the social restrictions had a disproportionate impact on them. MRI scans showed premature brain aging in both ...
The COVID-19 lockdowns caused significant changes in adolescents’ brains, a scientific study has found. Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle used MRI data to show the normal thinning of the cortex that happens during adolescence was ...
The worst arguments against the lockdowns inspired by the coronavirus were medical and statistical. To see why, it’s worth remembering that as humans we’ve evolved to protect ourselves from death and disease. The taking of freedom to protect us is ...
Lockdowns. Social distancing. Shuttered schools and businesses. The COVID-19 pandemic and its sweeping disruptions set off a stampede of “what it’s doing to us” research, focused largely on schoolchildren. How were students’ academics affected?
An Aug. 16 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of the World Health Organization's Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, beneath the headline of an article in The People’s Voice. “WHO Orders Govt’s To Prepare for ...
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Methane surge in 2020 was linked to lower pollution during lockdowns
A change in atmospheric chemistry during the covid pandemic resulted in methane concentrations spiking, raising concerns that cleaning up pollution could have similar knock-on effects in the future
Man accused of stealing an unmarked Bladenboro patrol truck after a traffic stop. Schools were locked down during the search.