The Consequences of Lockdown - Archive of Links
Updated: Dec 31, 2020
This page aims to document the devastating economic, societal and health effects lockdowns have had worldwide:
December 30th Update:
Delingpole: German Economist Says ‘Great Reset Will Cause a Crash Worse than 1930s’
Dr. Heinrich Fiechtner: “You Are Leading Our Country Into Ruin!”
More than half of UK's furloughed jobs at risk of automation – report
Thirst killed 345 non-Covid patients in hospitals and care homes during first lockdown
Another NHS testimony. - (Video)
‘Do not resuscitate’ orders caused potentially avoidable deaths, regulator finds - "Do-not-resuscitate orders were wrongly allocated to some care home residents during the Covid-19 pandemic, causing potentially avoidable deaths, the first phase of a review by England’s Care Quality Commission has found.
The regulator warned that some of the “inappropriate” do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) notices applied in the spring may still be in place and called on all care providers to check with the person concerned that they consent. "
Americans’ mental health falls to 20-year low amid lockdowns and pandemic – survey
December 2nd Update:
We Have Immune Systems, New York Times Reveals
November 26th Update:
What NO ONE is Saying About The Lockdowns
"Panic Attack" And "Night Terror" Searches Erupt Across US Amid Second Virus Wave
Panic And Desperation Sweep Across America As Fears Of A "Dark Winter" Continue To Rise
November 21st Update:
Collateral Damage? CDC Admits COVID Lockdowns Sparked Surge In Children’s Mental Health Issues
Harvard Researchers: Nearly Half of Young Adults Showing Signs of Depression Amid Pandemic
Malaria deaths could double if prevention is interrupted by COVID-19
Psychology Open Letter to Policy Makers and the PublicPublished 01 November 2020 - "We, as psychology professionals, would like to share our concerns regarding the psychological impacts of measures implemented in response to what has been named the COVID-19 pandemic..."
Is the cost of another lockdown too high?
Car insurance could be invalid if you drive during lockdown
'Toxic lockdown' sees huge rise in babies harmed or killed
NHS Crisis: 35,000+ ‘Excess’ Cancer Deaths Due To COVID19 Policies
The climate of fear is crippling our mental health
SIX REASONS THE NEW LOCKDOWN IS A DEADLY MISTAKE
COVID and Its Man-Made Gigantic Collateral Damage: The Great Reset – A Call for Civil Disobedience
Maajid Nawaz corners epidemiologist over cost of second lockdown
Coronavirus: Research reveals toll of Covid on families with disabled and seriously ill children
Governments’ Covid-19 reaction to close economies worse than pandemic itself – Jim Rogers
Sadly, the number of suicide and attempted suicide incidents we attend are increasing. Our crews now attend an average of 37 suicides or attempted suicides per day, compared to 22 in 2019 and 17 five years ago. - London Ambulance Service
The hidden Covid-19 health crisis: Elderly people are dying from isolation
COVID-19 is destroying global freedom, and it may not rebound
Dying mother 'unable to choose' which child should visit her due to coronavirus pandemic
Christian leaders urge Welsh Assembly not to close churches during ‘firebreak’ lockdown
October 23rd Update:
Coronavirus: Lung cancers 'may have been misdiagnosed as COVID' during pandemic
The healthcare system isn’t interested in anything other than Covid… not even lung cancer
The cruelty of the care home visit ban
Stanford Professor Warns COVID Shelter-in-Place Orders Are ‘Killing People'
Open letter: Infection prevention and control should never be at the expense of compassionate care - Nursing Times
"A source just gave me the following information. A hospital in Wales, Nevill Hall in Abergavenny, has 250 beds. 200 beds are empty. The surgeons are bored & pass much time on the nearby golf course..." - A thread by Michael Yeadon
High-profile GPs warn Government against second Covid lockdown
A medic’s case against another lockdown - Dr Matt Strauss
Coronavirus: WHO backflips on virus stance by condemning lockdowns - Lockdowns have been used to control the coronavirus around the world. Now a WHO official has questioned the success of them.
Victory? WHO Official Calls Lockdowns 'Ghastly Global Catastrophe'
Statement of the Australian Covid Medical Network - Against Lockdowns
October 12th Update:
World Health Organization Slams Lockdowns For ‘Doubling’ Global Poverty
The Year the NHS Failed the People of Britain - Letter From a UK GP
The Devastating Economic Impact of Covid-19 Shutdowns
Lockdowns of Young People Lead to More Deaths from Covid-19
Lockdowners Speak with Privilege, and Contempt for the Poor and Working Class
The Case for Lockdown Reparations
Coronavirus: One million breast screenings missed because of pandemic
How Many Millions Do The Lockdowners Plan To Kill?
The making of Britain’s Covid catastrophe - Dr. John Lee
Harvard Epidemiologist: Lockdowns A Disaster
BOE Steps Up Negative Rates Work as Economic Threats Mount
UN food agency warns of ‘hunger pandemic’ as coronavirus spreads
Cannock Chase Hospital operations stopped due to Covid case
September 15th 2020 Update:
‘Unprecedented’ number of DNR orders for learning disabilities patients - From April
Let’s be honest, the NHS is awful
How Covid exposed the world’s lack of care
Vic Premier Daniel Andrews hit with multi-billion dollar class action claim
Tracking the Unprecedented Food Crisis Brought on by Covid-19
Wait to 2022 to see an NHS consultant, patients told
Local lockdowns based on arbitrary figures are punishing England's poorest - Carl Heneghan
Lockdowns are Cruel and Regressive, says Oxford University’s Professor Sunetra Gupta
The Upsetting Reality of a Post-Lockdown London GP Surgery - An Anonymous Account
Coronavirus pandemic halts life-saving UK cancer and heart disease research
CDC: 11% of US adults seriously considered suicide in June
‘Famine of biblical proportions’ looms over humanity due to Covid-19, UN food chief warns
Coronavirus: Study reveals alarming impact of Covid on care home sector
Assisted dying could be legalised in the UK within four years, leading MP predicts
August 21st 2020 Update:
Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month
LOCKDOWN LUNACY 3.0: It's over - See also (Part 1)(Part 2)
Twice as many UK adults suffered depression during coronavirus pandemic, govt data shows
Lockdown ‘will mean fewer healthy years for many’
Coronavirus: Marks & Spencer to cut 7,000 jobs after 'material shift' in trading
Lockdowns, Coronavirus, and Banks: “Following the Money”. Devastating Economic and Social Impacts
Patients will have to book a spot at A&E by autumn
Revealed: Nearly 20,000 households made homeless during pandemic
August 18th 2020 Update:
The Lockdown Lobotomy -The effects of lockdown have caused far more damage than the virus ever could
How many years of life did lockdown save – or destroy?
COVID-19 Lockdown Will Result in a Million More (Not Fewer) Deaths
Quarter of a million over-50s ‘will never work again’ after coronavirus
Redundancies Up Fivefold as Coronavirus Hits Jobs
UK crashes into recession with record 20pc quarterly slump
Japan's economy suffers record 27.8% contraction in April-June
A new way to look at lockdown severity and its effects.
August 6th 2020 Update:
FOOD PRICES ARE SOARING DUE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
A Senior Carer's Testimony - Clare Wills-Harrison
The scandal of excess deaths at home - Dr Waqar Rashid
40 MILLION Americans Could Be Homeless Soon, With “Catastrophic” Impact On Rest Of Economy
August 1st 2020 Update:
Social relationships and mortality risk: a meta-analytic review - The quality and quantity of individuals' social relationships has been linked not only to mental health but also to both morbidity and mortality.
Why Loneliness Is Hazardous to Your Health
Study: Global Lockdowns Killing 10,000 Children Per Month
Lockdown policy has had "significant unintended consequences” and it has killed 2,700 people a week - The Telegraph
July 29th 2020 Update:
"Virus-linked hunger is tied to 10,000 child deaths each month, according to the UN" - (By virus-linked they, of course, mean insane, unnecessary lockdown-linked)
Lockdown Deaths, Not Covid Deaths
Hitchens: ‘Excessive COVID Fears Have Completely Changed the Country’
Sedation to manage 'lockdown distress' may have led to dementia deaths
The Ultimate Divide and Conquer
July 13th 2020 Update:
Scots cancer deaths soar as 900 patients die at home during lockdown
July 8th 2020 Update:
More Than 10,000 Excess Cancer Deaths due to COVID-19 Delays
Coronavirus could cause 35,000 extra UK cancer deaths, experts warn
Extra 10,000 dementia deaths in England and Wales in April
Dying of neglect: the other Covid care home scandal
230,000 renters to lose their homes in summer of evictions
All-cause mortality during COVID-19: No plague and a
likely signature of mass homicide by government
Austin Hospital Withheld Treatment from Disabled Man Who Contracted Coronavirus
‘For the 1st time in living memory’: IMF expects Asian economy to shrink as it downgrades forecast
July 1st 2020 Update:
No Fun Allowed in Grim ‘New Normal’, COVID-Cult UK
Coronavirus: Upper Crust owner blames lockdown for 5,000 UK redundancies
9,440 UK job losses announced in a day
Coronavirus: UK firms slash more than 12,000 jobs in two days
‘Cries for help’: Drug overdoses are soaring during the coronavirus pandemic
After the terrible damage lockdown has caused, we can never do it again
June 30th 2020 Update:
UK billionaires see personal wealth grow by £25bn during pandemic lockdown
Criminal cases backlog could take a decade to clear, watchdog warns - Trial by jury under threat
Nearly half the U.S. population is without a job, showing how far the labor recovery has to go
COVID-19: Guidance for small marriages (UK Gov.) - You may NOT kiss the bride
COVID-19: “Excess deaths” or State-sponsored “homicide”?
June 21st 2020 Update:
June 20th 2020 Update:
Lockdown ‘has left pupils withdrawn and disturbed’, says top London head
Full Video of link above - Have You Been Put on a List to be Left to Die?
UK billionaires see personal wealth grow by £25bn during pandemic lockdown
June 17th 2020 Updates:
‘Unprecedented’ number of DNR orders for learning disabilities patients
The Data Are In: It’s Time for Major Reopening
June 16th 2020 Update:
Lockdown costs 30 years of hospitality and retail profits - Switzerland
Interview 1555 – Rosemary Frei on How the High Death Rate in Care Homes Was Created on Purpose
More than 600,000 lose work in UK as COVID-19 hits jobs market
June 15th Updates:
Millions of Job Losses Are at Risk of Becoming Permanent
Economic fallout from a pandemic hitting UK was never modelled, senior civil servants admit
June 14th 2020 Update:
Africa faces 'hunger pandemic' as coronavirus destroys jobs and fuels poverty
Coronavirus: Child psychologists highlight mental health risks of lockdown
Lockdown Catastrophe: The Need for Resilient Food Systems
85% Of Independent Restaurants Could Go Out Of Business By The End Of 2020: Report
US Will Run Budget Deficit of Over $4 Trn This Year, At Levels Not Seen Since WWII, Analyst Says
June 13th 2020 Update:
8 Simple Steps To End The Lockdown: Say Yes, Not No
BREAKING: Care Assistant Reveals Criminal Neglect at Dublin Nursing Home
Residents abandoned, left without food and water
Up to 75% of deaths avoidable
Residents left in inhumane conditions
7 staff sacked after raising concerns
HSE/HIQA Cover-up
June 12th 2020 Update:
Social distancing destroys our lives as social beings - Jonathan Sumption
"We Need To Act Now" - UN Warns World Faces Worst Food Crisis In 50 Years
Posts Before 12th June 2020:
U.N. warns economic downturn could kill hundreds of thousands of children in 2020
Lockdown: Collateral Damage in the War on COVID-19
UK debt soars to highest since 1963, retail sales slump
LOCKDOWN LUNACY: the thinking person's guide
UK coronavirus victims have lain undetected at home for two weeks
“Staggering number” of extra deaths in community is not explained by covid-19
Reflections on the Inevitable Effects of the Unnecessary Lockdown
"Nothing Can Justify This Destruction Of People's Lives"
We’re all in the big numbers now
Adding up the damage Britain’s Covid-19 policies have caused
The 2006 Origins of the Lockdown Idea
LOKIN-20: The Lockdown Regime Causes Increasing Health Concerns
Suicides on the rise amid stay-at-home order, Bay Area medical professionals say
600 Physicians Say Lockdowns Are A ‘Mass Casualty Incident’
‘The costs are too high’: the scientist who wants lockdown lifted faster
