Taking a closer look at hard lockdowns and their effectiveness.

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February 3, 2021

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While national security insiders are routinely given the kid-glove treatment that Sandy Berger, David Petraeus, and Kevin Clinesmith received, the experiences of whistleblowers who dare expose even the most blatant misdeeds by those agencies are very different indeed.

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How Effective Are the Hard Lockdowns? ([link removed] )

Sweden — a nation whose government imposed very few mandatory intervention policies in the spring of 2020 — displayed lower case growth than five out of the eight countries that implemented strict lockdowns.

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