There is no scientific proof social distancing prevents spread of Covid-19, says Joel W. Hay, PhD., professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics at the USC School of Pharmacy.
“Why are we shutting down the schools?” asks Dr Hay. “Kids aren’t affected by this.”
“And take prisoners: 2.3 million American prisoners … and only 35 deaths? Here we have forced social mixing, and less deaths than the rest of the country. C’mon. How do they explain that?”
“Yeah. If you’re frail, or sick, or have cancer or something, isolate yourself. And make sure those people around you stay isolated. But don’t isolate the young and healthy. That’s how we’ve done it naturally for millions of years.”
“What is this nonsense? You don’t shut down the globe for something that’s normal flu. Or even two to three times the normal flu. This is destroying millions of lives, and killing about 100 people for every one it ostensibly saves.”
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Joel W. Hay, PhD., is a professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics at the USC School of Pharmacy, with joint appointments in the USC Schaeffer Center and the Department of Economics in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He was the founding chair of the former Department of Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy at the School of Pharmacy.
See here for Dr Hay’s many other credentials: https://healthpolicy.usc.edu/author/joel-w-hay-ph-d/
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