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Scientists Criticize Lockdown Strategy in Great Barrington Declaration
FRC Action ^ | October 14, 2020 | Joshua Arnold

Posted on 10/15/2020 5:37:48 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

"In March we panicked," said Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. "Not just in America, the world panicked and threw out the old plan." Dr. Bhattacharya teaches medicine at Stanford University, where he researches the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. With 135 articles published in top peer-reviewed journals, his credentials are impeccable.

"The old plan" relied on the time-tested public health measures that successfully eradicated diseases like polio and smallpox, not the total lockdowns implemented in 2020.

In response, Dr. Bhattacharya and colleagues from Harvard and Oxford authored the Great Barrington Declaration, which expresses "grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies" and advocates for an approach called "Focused Protection." Nearly 34,000 scientists and medical practitioners along with half a million members of the public have signed the declaration. As of this writing, the declaration was available in 22 languages.

In a radio interview on "Washington Watch" with Tony Perkins, Dr. Bhattacharya explained that public health policy must consider "fundamental tradeoffs." He said the government lockdown strategy "doesn't fit with what the science is telling us and in fact is leading to substantial collateral harm." When lockdowns shutter an economy, the lost economic growth ultimately affects lives. "These dollars are not simply dollars. These are people's lives, on a scale that's almost unimaginable."

For example, the UN estimated up to 130 million more people will face chronic hunger because of the lockdown policies. Lockdown-related disruptions to efforts to fight other diseases could cause up to 2.3 million deaths from tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV. Meanwhile in the U.S., Dr. Bhattacharya pointed out that one in four young adults seriously considered suicide in June, likely related to lockdown isolation . . .

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KEYWORDS: ccpvirus; covid19; diseases; election2020; focusedprotection; hunger; liberty; lockdowns; mentalhealth; oppression; pandemic; suicides; trump

1 posted on 10/15/2020 5:37:48 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Spot on. I’ve been doing more socially and some things that are considered “dangerous” and I have purposefully circumvented some rules but I have to weigh the consequences Of bad mental health and the risk of getting Covid.

It’s heartbreaking when I see elderly friends banned from seeing their grandchildren and people so afraid to do anything but sit at home.

I am actually writing about my struggle and hope to have a book on Amazon in the Spring.


2 posted on 10/15/2020 5:48:30 AM PDT by PrincessB
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

And liberals will do just what they accuse us of doing, ignore the science.


3 posted on 10/15/2020 5:50:49 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Even WHO (World Health Organization) is now.


4 posted on 10/15/2020 7:36:34 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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