The Covid inquiry’s pro-lockdown propaganda

Michael Simmons on how discredited ‘modelling’ was used to justify the theft of our liberties.

Topics Covid-19

The UK’s Covid inquiry has made the audacious – and utterly misleading – claim that an earlier lockdown could have saved thousands of lives. Here, Michael Simmons – economics editor at the Spectator and host of the Reality Check podcast – exposes the dodgy data being peddled by the ‘experts’, the groupthink that pushed us into lockdown, and the economic devastation that is still being felt today. Watch, share and be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel.

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