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HARVARD, STANFORD, OXFORD PROFS SAY END LOCKDOWNS: They said it earlier this week in The Great Barri?

By Mark Tapscott

HARVARD, STANFORD, OXFORD PROFS SAY END LOCKDOWNS: They said it earlier this week in The Great Barrington Statement. American Institute for Economic Research’s (AIER) Jenin Younes notes that:

“While these scientists are not the first to express such views, given the degree to which their stance conflicts with the prevailing wisdom that everyone has a moral obligation to participate in efforts to ‘stop the spread,’ it is not surprising that they have already encountered significant opposition. Among their primary detractors is Yale epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves, who considers their proposal akin to a suggestion that society ‘cull[] the herd of the sick and disabled. It?s grotesque.’?

Seeking “herd immunity” has a bit of a Social Darwinist ring to it, but Younes points to some basic facts, namely, that “at 1.05 million deaths over the past nine or ten months, the coronavirus appears to be a problem along the lines of, for example, traffic accidents, which cause 1.35 million deaths per year, or tuberculosis, which results in 1.5 million deaths annually.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 08, 2020 (boomark / email).