Warning Opinion If you’re anything like me, you’ll look at people wearing masks when walking down the street or driving in their cars and wonder why they are doing it. Well, I have the answer for you. It’s because they genuinely believe that Covid is “in the
Richie Poulton University of Otago Avshalom Caspi Duke University Terrie Moffitt Duke University Most people welcomed the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19, yet a non-trivial minority did not. Vaccine-resistant people tend to hold strong views and assertively reject conventional medical or public health recommendations. This is puzzling to many,
Dan Sanchez fee.org Dan Sanchez is the Director of Content at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the editor-in-chief of FEE.org. The virus that locked down the world has returned to China in full force. And I don’t mean the Wuhan coronavirus. Nearly every world government
For more than two years New Zealanders have been told they are in a health emergency. In fact, a worldwide crisis. Kiwis have been living in fear of catching a virus, being put on a ventilator or even dying an awful death. They were told 80,000 could perish. It
We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an
Australians rate New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as the most believable politician, a new poll shows. Newshub Conspiracy theorists have claimed a COVID-19 vaccine, when available, will be “forced” on everyone – including Kiwis. The Government has rubbished those claims, made most notably by Jami-Lee Ross and Billy Te Kahika’
Jacinda is caught lying openly, watch Ashley’s face closely. Getting this information required persistent digging and the Government held back the details for 4 months. By the time the OIA details were released they were acting illegally. If you have a great Youtube, Rumble, Odysee or Vimeo video to
Hasn’t lockdown been just the greatest thing ever? Staying at home on full pay, sitting on the couch in your pyjamas with your laptop, waiting for the latest Uber Eats or Amazon delivery. Sure, the kids got underfoot, but that’s nothing an iPad or Nintendo Switch can’t
Debbie Lerman brownstone.org Debbie Lerman has a degree in English from Harvard. She is a retired science writer and a practicing artist in Philadelphia, PA. When the Covid vaccines first came out, I thought everyone should get at least one shot. My belief was based on evidence that the
New Conservative New Conservative asks, “Two years on from the first lockdown, how well have lockdowns served us?” The initial Covid elimination policy had the goal of limiting pressure on our hospital system from covid patients. This has been successful. Even now with high numbers of Omicron cases we are
From the earliest days of the pandemic, I noted a curious and deplorable phenomenon: the young were being sacrificed to save almost solely the very, very old. I called it “the Moloch Option”. Not long after, I wrote that we had moved from Moloch to Tlaloc — the Aztec deity who
Guy Hatchard Dear David We haven’t met, but a letter from yourself to the editor of the Daily Telegraph has been forwarded to me. In this letter, you say you are writing about “disinformation and misinformation relating to Covid-19”. You mention me as “someone who commonly misrepresents facts”. You
Aaron Kheriaty brownstone.org Aaron Kheriaty, former Professor of Psychiatry at the UCI School of Medicine and Director, Medical Ethics at UCI Health, is a Senior Scholar of the Brownstone Institute. From the lepers in the Old Testament to the Plague of Justinian in Ancient Rome to the 1918 Spanish
Colin Parkinson First up I would like to acknowledge that you appear to be standing out as a voice of reason in parliament. While there are issues that I strongly disagree with you on, I would like to give you credit for asking some very excellent questions and raising some
These past two years have been tough. I have fought to challenge the prevailing narrative, knowing deep in my heart that I would be proved right. There have been many people who expect me to fight for them and their freedoms. They’d email and say that we should do
We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an
