If Lockdowns and Mandates Failed, Why Are They Still Pushed?

Local residents walk outside a barricaded community that was locked down for health monitoring after recent cases of COVID-19 were found in the area on March 23, 2022 in Beijing, China. China has locked down the entire province of Jilin and the city of Shenyang and putting others like Shenzhen and Shanghai under restrictions. Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

Commentary

Hundreds of studies show lockdowns failed to meaningfully reduce COVID-19 deaths, while COVID-19 shot mandates are counterproductive and harmful. Despite this, these totalitarian schemes are ongoing.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• In a literature review and meta-analysis of the effects of lockdowns on COVID-19 mortality, researchers revealed lockdowns had little to no effect on COVID-19 mortality
• The Brownstone Institute compiled more than 400 studies showing that lockdowns, restrictions and closures failed to do what was promised
• A team of 12 researchers from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, the University of Oxford and other institutions outlined key reasons why COVID-19 shot mandates have been counterproductive and harmful
• COVID-19 injection mandates could lead to reactance and entrenchment, cognitive dissonance, stigma and scapegoating, and distrust
• If you don’t agree with COVID-19 restrictions and mandates in your area, now is the time to speak out in peaceful protest

Scientists the world over have done a deep dive into the unprecedented lockdowns and injection mandates that characterized the COVID-19 pandemic response. Over and over again, the results confirm what many instinctively knew all along — that these totalitarian schemes didn’t work and may have caused more harm than good.