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The False Distinction Between ‘Mitigation’ and ‘Suppression’ of a Virus

It's claimed that the mistake with Covid was rejecting a mitigation strategy in favour of a novel suppression one which came from China. But on closer inspection this distinction collapses.
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Canada Should be Ashamed of its Shambolic and Authoritarian Covid Response

Canadian public health officials are reeling following the publication of an investigation in the BMJ criticising Canada's Covid response, though its criticisms aren't necessarily the ones sceptics would agree with.
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Coutts Four Denied Bail, in Prison in Canada for over 500 Days without Trial. Are they Political Prisoners?

Over five hundred and twenty-five days ago, between the evening of February 13 and afternoon of February 14, 2022, four men were arrested for their participation in Freedom Convoy protests at the Alberta border town of Coutts. They were charged with conspiracy to commit murder of police officers in support of a plot to overthrow […]

Were the Lockdowners and Vaccinators Really Just Trying to Save Lives?

Life Saving has become the dominant ethos of our age, presented as popular justification for extreme policies from lockdowns to mass migration to Net Zero. It sounds anodyne but its consequences are anything but.
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