Why lockdown will go down as one of the greatest peacetime policy failures in World history?

In this fifth episode of Broken Narratives, you will learn how lockdown measures were declared unlawful in some countries by their high courts and why, a number of studies on lockdown effectiveness, including cost-benefit analyses of them, more details of collateral damage done by lockdown measures in various parts of the world, and finally, how Sweden did compare to other countries with fewer restrictions.

Correction: At the 30:11 mark, I had said "stringed" scientist, "stringed" epidemiologist; I meant to say fringe scientist, fringe epidemiologist.

Intro music: By Emilio Merone,- 'Indian Biju' www.melodyloops.com/tracks/indian-biju/

Show Notes:
Belgium must lift 'all Covid-19 measures' within 30 days, Brussels court rules
https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/162742/belgium-must-lift-all-covid-19-measures-withing-30-days-brussels-court-rules-verlinden-human-rights-league-ministerial-decree-penalty-civil-safety-act-pandemic-law-coronavirus

Covid: Spain's top court rules lockdown unconstitutional
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57838615

Lockdowns in China: locals cry for help; Chinese officials seal residents' doors shut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZR8pVjkCtE

"Lockdowns Were a Mistake" - Dr Jay Bhattacharya
https://youtu.be/lmWJTXaDc88?si=xnqm4uGT12GGOxM4

Sweden’s NO LOCKDOWN, NO MASK MANDATE Policies Led to LOWER Excess Deaths: Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWckuirMgcs

COVID crisis to push global unemployment over 200 million mark in 2022
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1093182

FUREY: New Canadian study breaks down 'ineffectiveness' and harms of lockdowns
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/furey-new-canadian-study-breaks-down-ineffectiveness-and-harms-of-lockdowns

Bonnie Henry NONE of this is based on scientific evidence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulMSX2tGjv8

No evidence to support Covid lockdowns in Scotland during pandemic says new report
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/no-evidence-support-covid-lockdowns-30470038

'There needs to be a quick and devastating take down': Emails show how Fauci and head of NIH worked to discredit three experts who penned the Great Barrington Declaration which called for an end to lockdowns
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10324873/Emails-reveal-Fauci-head-NIH-colluded-try-smear-experts-called-end-lockdowns.html

Lockdowns killed more Canadians under 65 than COVID-19: Statscan
https://tnc.news/2021/07/18/lockdowns-killed-more-canadians-under-65-than-covid-19-statscan/

He helped write the Charter. Now he says the government is violating it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtrYy3t4XgA

Johns Hopkins professor blasts his OWN college and the mainstream media for not publicizing study that found COVID lockdowns only reduced deaths by 0.2% because it doesn't fit their 'narrative'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10471265/Johns-Hopkins-professor-blasts-college-media-downplaying-study-COVID-lockdowns.html

John Hopkins study concludes COVID lockdown policies should be rejected
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6295076597001

Guide to revision of national pandemic influenza preparedness plans
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/Guide-to-pandemic-preparedness-revised.pdf

South Asia: Sharp rise in child and maternal deaths due to COVID-19
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1087542

Time To Act: European Cancer Organisation Calls for Urgent Action as One Million Cancer Cases are Undiagnosed in Europe Due to Covid-19
https://www.europeancancer.org/resources/201:time-to-act.html

Welcome to the COVID Charts Quiz
https://www.covidchartsquiz.com/

The Media Always Fear-Mongers Over Hospitals: UK Headlines From 2012-2019!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop///////////

Wow! Francis Collins Admits Massive, Unnecessary "Collateral Damage" From Myopic Response To COVID!
https://rumble.com/v43qu2w-wow-francis-collins-admits-massive-unnecessary-collateral-damage-from-myopi.html

Evidence on covid restrictions now conclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrIeYpCp0fc

Did lockdowns work? The verdict on Covid restrictions
JONAS HERBY, DR LARS JONUNG & PROFESSOR STEVE H. HANKE 5
https://iea.org.uk/publications/did-lockdowns-work-the-verdict-on-covid-restrictions/

See Fauci's reaction to states lifting mask mandates
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/03/04/dr-anthony-fauci-states-lifting-coronavirus-mandates-intv-sot-ebof-vpx.cnn

EXPLOSIVE: Fauci & Collins "Quick & Devastating Takedown" of GBD | w/Phil Magness & Kate Wand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qDXOTZ_oHA

Coming to terms: The COVID lockdowns were all for naught
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2684628/coming-to-terms-the-covid-lockdowns-were-all-for-naught/