Yesterday I received an email from our old friend Martin Kulldorff, who's currently on leave from Harvard Medical School, and who was one of the three drafters of the anti-lockdown Great Barrington Declaration.

He and seven colleagues have drafted an 80-page document outlining the questions they would pose to any Covid commission that gets established, along with the science that informs those questions.

I'm planning to discuss these questions with Professor Kulldorff this week on the Tom Woods Show, and at that time I'll upload the document to my website.

The document is far more thorough and covers far more subject areas than the questions I've chosen might indicate, but what followed should give you an idea of what's in it. I have omitted ellipses, so simply be aware that the questions below do not necessarily appear in this order in the document.

Why was so much influence on public health policy accorded to Drs. Collins and Fauci? They control the largest source of infectious disease research funding in the world. How many infectious disease scientists, who should have been strong voices during the pandemic, kept quiet for fear of losing the research funding on which their livelihood depends?

Diabetes care was interrupted during the pandemic. How many Americans did this affect? What will be the long-term consequences and who will be responsible for defining and collating them?

Physical exercise is important for preventing diabetes. How did closing exercise venues such as parks and gyms, affect diabetes incidence?

What were the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on people with lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren’s syndrome, and other auto-immune diseases?

People with dementia have suffered extraordinarily during the pandemic. Why were there not more efforts to ensure the well-being of dementia patients? To what extent did isolation protocols, cessation of physical therapy, cessation of group activities and restriction of mobility contribute to increases in dementia and to dementia deaths?

Why were activities and sports for low-risk young people suspended without considering the harms of isolation and lack of physical activity?

Anxiety and depression increased during the 2020 lockdowns. CDC data show that, in 2021, 37% of American high school students reported experiencing poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 44% reported they persistently felt sad or hopeless during the past year compared to 36.7% in 2019. Why did public health authorities not consider such adverse effects? What is now being done to address and treat this problem?

Why were people discouraged from going outside to exercise?

Why were beaches, basketball courts, playgrounds, and similar venues closed, preventing people from exercising and socializing in low-risk environments?

Why were many gyms closed by local and state governments?

Why were sports programs for children terminated?

In children ages 2-19, the rate of BMI increase approximately doubled during the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period. What are the long-term consequences on childhood obesity and diabetes? Was this taken into account when local governments restricted physical activity?

As of March of 2021, 42% of adults reported gaining weight during the pandemic with an average weight gain of 29 lbs. What are the long-term consequences on adult obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, etc.? Was this taken into account when local governments restricted physical activity?

Lockdowns forced many small businesses to close permanently. How did this affect the health and well-being of small business owners and their employees?

When small businesses were forced to close, much of their business was taken over by large corporations that were allowed to operate when small businesses couldn’t. Why were larger businesses provided this competitive advantage? Can this be reversed? If not, what are the long-term health consequences of having fewer small businesses?

In 2020, one pro-lockdown argument was that it was more important to save lives than to save the economy. However, a healthy economy is important for public health, especially among lower-income populations. Did this view prevail because the people making it were mostly work-from-home professionals, who themselves did not suffer economically?

Why is long-COVID-19 of greater concern than e.g., “long influenza” or “long norovirus disease”? Is it a distinct clinical entity?

In February 2021, NIH allocated $1.15 billion in funding for long COVID-19 research over a four-year period. Is this a reasonable amount? Historically, how much has NIH spent on research concerning long-term effects after other infectious diseases?

Why didn’t more modelers speak up about the difficulty of accurately predicting COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths? Did epidemiological disease modelers sufficiently explain inherent model limitations to politicians and other consumers?

In March 2020, the federal government invoked the Defense Production Act to force General Motors to produce more ventilators. At the same time, the New York State and City governments demanded more ventilators, even though current supply was not exhausted, claiming that "without a ventilator, doctors cannot save lives."

Did government officials ask for clinical evidence to support this intervention? If not, why not?

Physicians in New York stated that they intubated patients early to "control the spread." How many patients were intubated in New York City in March/April 2020 and what were their outcomes stratified by age and comorbidities? Could rapid gathering of such data have ended the practice earlier?

In September of 2022, a study used data from the Pfizer and Moderna randomized trials to show an excess serious adverse event rate post-Pfizer of 1/990 and post-Moderna of 1/662 compared with controls who received placebo. Why was a study such as this performed by independent scientists and not requested by the FDA or from the manufacturers in 2020 or 2021?

Given the clear relationship in this demographic [young men] between myocarditis and the second dose of Pfizer, why was Pfizer not questioned further when they stated they had not seen a higher than expected rate?

In 2021, without supporting evidence, the CDC claimed that the COVID-19 vaccines "can keep you from getting and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19." Was this messaging deliberate or an honest mistake by the CDC?

Why did it take so long to correct this information? Were CDC officials with knowledge of the shortcomings of the vaccine afraid to speak against official CDC views?

Again, I'll be talking to Professor Kulldorff about this on the Tom Woods Show soon.

And remember, tonight the doors to my School of Life close to new members. Extraordinary things are happening in here.

We're not aimless or frustrated or demoralized in there, even though politically we have every right to be. We are building businesses, getting in shape, making connections, and defying the evil bastards who want us isolated, discouraged, and depressed.

You, dear reader, should join us and do likewise. That's the best revenge against the psychos who rule us.