The Pandemic Lessons We Shouldn't Forget | Tom Woods

Historian and podcaster Tom Woods joins us on the 5-year-anniversary of the COVID emergency to relive all the pandemic policy failures.

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Five years to the day after President Trump declared a national emergency, what are the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic? Just asking questions.

Tom Woods joins us today. He's an historian, host of the Tom Woods Show, and author of many books, including Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania, which has a foreword written by our new NIH director Jay Bhattacharya. Because he so painstakingly documented his experience of "COVID mania" as it unfolded day-to-day, we wanted to ask him to reflect with us on the lockdowns, the social distancing, masks, vaccines, the ultimate effects on liberty at the end of all this, and what COVID accountability should look like.

Other episodes mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC5AG7JDUfY&list=PLBuns9Evn1w9K02WT8x-gzSI-UdeeXFG9&index=62&t=2s&pp=gAQBiAQB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Aa50NnwkeQ&list=PLBuns9Evn1w9K02WT8x-gzSI-UdeeXFG9&index=21
https://reason.com/video/2020/05/08/were-the-covid-19-lockdowns-a-mistake/
https://youtu.be/fKzl5CngE5Q

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🚨 Five Years Later: What Have We Learned from COVID-19? 🚨

In this episode, we sit down with Tom Woods, historian, best-selling author, and host of The Tom Woods Show, to discuss the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health, government policy, and personal freedom. Woods, author of Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania, provides a no-holds-barred analysis of lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and the failures of the expert class.

💬 Key Topics Discussed:
✔️ The early days of COVID-19: What went wrong?
✔️ Were lockdowns and mandates necessary—or a mistake?
✔️ The media, science, and censorship: What they got wrong
✔️ How Sweden and Florida defied lockdown narratives
✔️ COVID’s impact on education, mental health, and economic stability
✔️ The role of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the NIH, and government overreach
✔️ Lessons for the next global health crisis—what should we do differently?

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction: What Have We Learned from COVID?
00:30 The Early Days: Panic, Lockdowns, and Initial Reactions
10:15 Florida vs. California: The Great COVID Policy Divide
16:45 The Unseen Costs: Lockdowns, Economy, and Mental Health
23:30 The Vaccine Debate: Mandates, Coercion, and Public Trust
30:20 The Science Debate: Experts, Models, and Misleading Predictions
37:15 Masks, Symbolism, and Political Messaging
44:00 Australia, New Zealand, and the Global COVID Response
50:45 Federalism & Freedom: Why Some States Resisted COVID Rules
57:30 What Comes Next? Preparing for the Next Health Crisis
1:04:00 Final Thoughts: The Lessons We Must Remember