Tag: lockdowns
EXCLUSIVE: 3 years later, business owner doesn’t regret ‘moral decision’ to...
She says the state of Minnesota destroyed her financially after she chose to keep her business open for 14 days during the COVID-19 lockdowns...
2024 candidates push back against future COVID-19 lockdowns, mandates
(The Daily Signal) -- Amid growing fears that Americans could face more COVID-19 lockdowns or mandates, Republican candidates vying for the 2024 presidential nomination say...
Reflections on the Triduum: Can the darkness turn to light?
(Brownstone Institute) — The days leading up to Easter Sunday of 2020 were the darkest days not merely of my priesthood, but of my...
Report estimates COVID lockdowns cost every Minnesotan $1,900 in lost GDP
A new report from a Minnesota think tank has calculated the cost of COVID lockdowns and restrictions during the first year of the pandemic.
On...
Childhood literacy plummeted following pandemic shutdowns, studies show
(Daily Caller News Foundation) — Young children are continuing to miss key reading benchmarks at a higher rate than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to...
Corporate media ignores Johns Hopkins study showing lockdowns were futile
(The Daily Caller News Foundation) — Mainstream media outlets have not reported on recent Johns Hopkins University research showing that lockdowns and other government...
Study: No evidence lockdowns had ‘noticeable effect’ on COVID deaths
A new study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University found hardly any evidence that lockdowns were successful in lowering COVID death rates.
Instead, the...
Nonfatal overdoses increased in Minnesota during lockdown year
The number of nonfatal drug overdoses in Minnesota increased in 2020, following the rising trend of fatal overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to new data...
Report: School shutdowns cost students ‘significant’ losses
(The Center Square) — School shutdowns last year created devastating academic, economic and mental consequences among K-12 students that could last into their adulthoods,...
U.S. drug overdoses broke a record last year amid lockdowns
New CDC data reveal that more than 93,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, up 31 percent from 2019, when 71,000 were reported.
"This...