#COVID-19 lockdowns seriously deepen the economic divide

#COVID-19 lockdowns seriously deepen the economic divide

“#COVID-19 lockdowns seriously deepen the economic divide” Vaclav Smil, 76, native of communist Czechoslovakia and former University of Manitoba professor for four decades, has written 39 books on energy, technology and demography. “Nobody,” says Bill Gates, who has read every book, “sees the big picture with as wide an aperture as Vaclav Smil.” What Smil…

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#Court strikes down Madrid’s partial COVID-19 lockdown

#Court strikes down Madrid’s partial COVID-19 lockdown

“#Court strikes down Madrid’s partial COVID-19 lockdown” A court in Madrid on Thursday struck down a partial lockdown in the Spanish capital and its suburbs, saying it violated residents’ “fundamental rights and freedoms.” The restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus went into place beginning Friday night, barring the city’s 4.5 million residents from leaving…

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#Lockdowns do more harm than good

#Lockdowns do more harm than good

“#Lockdowns do more harm than good” On Oct. 4, 2020, three preeminent experts — Dr. Martin Kulldorff, professor of medicine at Harvard University; Dr. Sunetra Gupta, an epidemiologist at Oxford University; and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a physician and epidemiologist at Stanford University — delivered the following declaration, calling for a different approach to dealing with…

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