Lockdowns & Mandates (Sweden, Israel etc)

Isaac Chotiner interviews Jeffrey Shaman, a professor at Columbia University and the lead author of a new study projecting that COVID-19 cases and deaths will rise significantly if more states reopen.

Pandemics kill people in two ways, said Chris Whitty at the start of the Covid outbreak: directly and indirectly, via disruption.

Human rights give all people the right to be protected from harm. And Covid-19 poses a major public health risk.

This convoy and the blockades that it has inspired begs a crucial question: In what way are Canadians not free right now? asks columnist Max Fawcett.

You are not guaranteed the freedom to spread a deadly virus.

Leaders wrestle over whether requiring student Covid-19 shots will politicize other pediatric vaccines and embolden vaccine opponents.

Summary box Mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policies have been used around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic to increase vaccination rates.

Justin Trudeau says people who chose not to be vaccinated against COVID-19 must accept the consequences of those decisions, including lost employment and restricted access to transportation and other services.

The verdict is in on the nation’s light touch approach. More died. Herd immunity proved a mirage.

The psychologist Joseph Manson analysed data on a sample of Americans from April of 2020. He found that both right and left-wing authoritarianism predicted support for lockdowns and other restrictions.

Legal challenges of employer vaccine mandates are being tossed out as arbitrators in Canada largely side with the need to maintain safe workplaces during a COVID-19 pandemic.

They protect the most vulnerable among us.

Unvaccinated people are the product of a society increasingly focused on personal welfare over the needs of the community.