I gave a public lecture at Virginia Commonwealth University, and it’s up on YouTube here. Bear in mind it was midnight my time… surreal but enjoyable experience.

In this talk I argue for these five claims:

1. Several common arguments for lockdowns fail
2. Many actual lockdowns have been unjustified and wrong: other measures would have been better
3. Globally, lockdowns shift the burden of disease from the powerful and wealthy to the less powerful and poor
4. The global preference for lockdowns is due to their favoring the interests of the rich and powerful
5. Optional extra: the favoring of lockdowns by the “left” and rejection by the “right” has nothing to do with their intrinsic character: they are as much right as left and vice versa