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No more lockdowns

I am dismayed that people who oppose lockdown measures have been consistently portrayed as crackpots motivated by conspiracy theories (“Opposites attract”, July 3rd). Each week your pages are filled with evidence of the disastrous impacts of lockdowns and the economic crises that they have created: from extreme poverty, to the strengthening of dictators, to the widening waistlines of a quarter of the population (“The attention recession”, July 3rd).

Many of us have watched our children disconnect from school, activities and friends. They gained weight like the rest of us, putting them at risk of health problems. They lost interest in sports and other budding interests. More importantly, they lost faith in the future and the worth of investing effort in things that will be perpetually cancelled.

I have gone to anti-lockdown protests and I don't think I am a crackpot. Sure, there are some vocal people from the fringes at these...