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The Definitive Verdict on the Failure of COVID Lockdowns

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Ridgewood NJ, more news on the disastrous handling of COVID, a new book by Steve Hanke, Jonas Herby, and Lars Jonung has been released by the Institute for Economic Affairs in London confirms that  lockdowns were a catastrophic failure. Titled Did Lockdowns Work? The Verdict on Covid Restrictions, the book examines the best empirical evidence on lockdowns.

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Republican Registrations Outpace Democrat Registrations in Monmouth County for the First Time in Years

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Freehold NJ, For the first time in several years, Republican party voter registrations outnumber Democrat registrations. Republicans are now the dominant party in Monmouth County.

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COVID-19 Pandemic : Magnitude of the Economic Disruption Unparalleled

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Ridgewood NJ, according to the US Census Bureau  the COVID-19 pandemic caused a record job losses and transformed the nation’s employment landscape but recently released historical data tables put the magnitude of the economic disruption in clear context.

To get some prospective in 2017, for example, roughly 30 million adults experienced either an end of employment or a reduction in work hours, including both involuntary and voluntary job terminations. But only about 3.8 million collected Unemployment Insurance (UI), which is contingent on involuntary job termination, according to the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

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GYM Owner that Sued Governor Left Picking Up the Pieces Following Business Shutdown

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Morris Plains NJ,  as Darlene Pallay continues to wait on the legal process of her Appellate Division case against Gov. Phil Murphy and pandemic shutdowns near their one-year anniversary, the
former business owner of the CKO Kickboxing Franklin franchise remains in limbo while she tries to recover from the domino effect of the business shutdowns, with her husband also recently laid off from his job.

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Lockdowns and School Closures Hurt Working Moms as well as Children

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Ridgewood NJ, Lockdowns and school closures have meant many women have had to stay home to care for children who can’t attend school in person. How many? Almost a million mothers have left the workforce and many won’t be returning any time soon if lockdowns continue.

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Government Ordered Lock Downs Severely Harm the Poorest Citizens

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Ridgewood NJ, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, is a professor of medicine at Stanford University and one of the co-authors of The Great Barrington Declaration which argues for protecting the most vulnerable from COVID rather than using economic lockdowns.

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NJ’s Job Growth Rate Stalling

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Ridgewood  NJ,  New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued the monthly jobs report for December 2020. Dr. Charles Steindel, former Chief Economist of the State of New Jersey and current Resident Scholar, Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College, analyzed the report for the Garden State Initiative:

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Governor Murphy’s State of the State address ignored the harsh realities that impact New Jersey residents every day

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Totowa NJ, State Senator Kristin Corrado said Governor Murphy’s State of the State address ignored the harsh realities that impact New Jersey residents every day.

“Clearly, the Governor’s version of the State’s condition is nothing like the reality experienced by everyday New Jerseyans. Today’s address was further proof that Murphy is detached from State residents. He doesn’t understand us because he isn’t one of us.

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New Study Questions Murphy Administration Lockdown Policy

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Trenton NJ, An extensive scientific study of close to 10 million people in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus first emerged, yielded encouraging news about the spread of the virus and undermined the case for preventative lockdowns. The study included scientific institutions in the U.K. and Australia, as well as China.

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Suicide is Now the 2nd leading cause of death of 10-14 year old’s in the United States

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Ridgewood NJ, Did you know suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death of 10-14 year old’s in the US? Often normal healthy and happy kids who are unprepared for social isolation. Suicide among children during Covid-19 pandemic is an alarming social issue. A perfect storm of routine disruption, social isolation, increased gaming, and a pressure stack of activity cancellations,  created by the government’s mandated stay-at-home orders in the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic.

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Governor Murphy’s COVID Failure Continues Unabated

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Trenton NJ,  Two recent reports further confirmed the Murphy Administration’s continued failure to handle the Covid Crisis in New Jersey.

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The Widespread Lockdown Policy has been a Devastating Public Health Mistake !

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Great Barrington MA, Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, where he received both an M.D. and a Ph.D. in economics. A co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, along with Dr. Sunetra Gupta of Oxford University and Dr. Martin Kulldorff of Harvard University—in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The three of us come from very different disciplinary backgrounds and from very different parts of the political spectrum. Yet we had arrived at the same view—the view that the widespread lockdown policy has been a devastating public health mistake. In response, we wrote and issued the Great Barrington Declaration, which can be viewed—along with explanatory videos, answers to frequently asked questions, a list of co-signers, etc.—online at www.gbdeclaration.org.

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Governor Murphy Invokes “Second Wave”, Just and Excuse for a New Round of Tyranny and Lock Downs on New Jersey Residents

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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy at his October 29th Press conference called the latest rise in COVID cases New Jersey’s Second wave, the Governor said  ,” I’m joined by a trio of outstanding individuals and great leaders. First by the woman who needs no introduction, the Commissioner of the Department of Health, Judy Persichilli; the State’s Epidemiologist, another very familiar face, Dr. Christina Tan, and another guy who needs no introduction, the Superintendent of the State Police, Colonel Pat Callahan. We will all get to today’s numbers in just a minute but here’s a bit of a spoiler alert. They continue to show that the second wave of the coronavirus is no longer something off in the future. It is coming, and it is coming now.”

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Astonishing Collapse in Labor Participation Rate in New Jersey

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MORRISTOWN NJ,  On October 15th, New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued the monthly jobs report for September 2020. Dr. Charles Steindel, former Chief Economist of the State of New Jersey and current Resident Scholar, Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College, analyzed the report for the Garden State Initiative:

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World Health Organization Now Says Lockdowns Make Poor People an Awful Lot Poorer

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Ridgewood NJ, in a major blow to the draconian lock down imposed by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy  , the World Health Organization has warned leaders against relying on COVID-19 lockdowns to tackle outbreaks — after previously saying countries should be careful how quickly they reopen.

WHO envoy Dr. David Nabarro said such restrictive measures should only be treated as a last resort,  the British magazine the Spectator reported .

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