More than 47,000 scientists, public health experts and clinicians have signed a declaration that lockdowns not only do not work, but that they cause irreparable damage.
As of today, 23 November 2020, The Great Barrington Declaration has been signed by 35,236 medical practitioners, 12,115 medical & public health scientists, and 638,920 concerned citizens.
Here are excerpts from the Declaration:
As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies,
Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health. The results (to name a few) include lower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, fewer cancer screenings and deteriorating mental health – leading to greater excess mortality in years to come, with the working class and younger members of society carrying the heaviest burden. Keeping students out of school is a grave injustice.
Keeping these measures in place until a vaccine is available will cause irreparable damage, with the underprivileged disproportionately harmed.
Fortunately, our understanding of the virus is growing. We know that vulnerability to death from COVID-19 is more than a thousand-fold higher in the old and infirm than the young. Indeed, for children, COVID-19 is less dangerous than many other harms, including influenza.
Those who are not vulnerable should immediately be allowed to resume life as normal. Simple hygiene measures, such as hand washing and staying home when sick should be practiced by everyone to reduce the herd immunity threshold. Schools and universities should be open for in-person teaching. Extracurricular activities, such as sports, should be resumed. Young low-risk adults should work normally, rather than from home. Restaurants and other businesses should open. Arts, music, sport and other cultural activities should resume. People who are more at risk may participate if they wish, while society as a whole enjoys the protection conferred upon the vulnerable by those who have built up herd immunity.
View full declaration:
https://gbdeclaration.org/
View Signatures:
https://gbdeclaration.org/view-signatures/
Thanks to Kevin A. for these links
The signatories include professors of medicine, biostatisticians, epidemiologists, physicians, infectious disease experts , professors of microbiology and immunology, microbiologists, psychology professors, psychiatrists, experts in virology, immunology and cell biology … the list goes on and on and on.
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