Ex-NYT reporter Alex Berenson calls on governors to reopen schools, questions coronavirus lockdowns

Fox News ^ | April 20,2020 | Tyler Olson

[Hojczyk]

Former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson, who has openly questioned the models informing the government's reaction to the coronavirus crisis, told Fox News' Brit Hume that states should "reopen schools as quickly as possible" while also questioning other elements of the government response to the pandemic.

He also said that there is a chance it may be harder for children to give the coronavirus to adults than it is for adults to give it to children.

"So you don't really have to worry that much about protecting adults from children," Berenson told Hume regarding the risks to teachers if school resumed. "There's evidence that children's viral loads are so low. This is not the flu, in this case. Children actually get it from adults rather than the other way around."

No, I don't," Berenson said when asked by Hume if he agreed with the assessment from Birx and Fauci that Hume summed up as "the mitigation efforts that they proposed have worked like crazy and therefore, this thing now looks far less dangerous than it did in the early modeling."

[brownsfan]

We elect the least among us to be in positions of leadership. What did we expect?

[Grampa Dave]

In her first interview on "Fox News Sunday" since 2017, Billionaire House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., spoke to anchor Chris Wallace about the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on Americans.

"People are taking to the streets, pushing back against some of the more stringent restrictions in some states," Wallace said during the interview, which is set to air Sunday on Fox News Channel. "Can you understand why they're doing that?"

Pelosi responded: "No, not, not really because what we have to do is, is, is shelter in place. That is really the answer."

Meanwhile,Nancy, In the real world, not your billionaire world, Our economy/citizens have been brutally raped/abused with the actions of your fellow elites, democrat governors and mediots!

“A shutdown is a broadly destructive solution, to a problem that could have been solved with far more targeted approaches!"

Quarantines only work to keep a small amount of sick people from going out and spreading the disease!

They don’t work to keep the vast majority of healthy people locked inside.

Thanks to HotHunt for this great visual!

If people want to stay home, let them! NO ONE wants to force them to go out!

[usafa92]

Alex is great. He deserves a follow on Twiiter. ‪@AlexBerenson‬

[Dr.Deth]

All I will assume from this is that the Left feels reopening these facilities is somehow of benefit to The Party.

[Dr.Deth]

NM above, I read the name as Benenson, i.e. the notable slime Clintonite.

[NotSoFreeStater]

He’s a good follow on Twitter.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Just last week a very, very good paper came out of Germany. And this was this is published by the official German Public Health Institute. What they found was that the infection rate ... seemed to peak in late February, early March. And then Germany had a couple of moderate social distancing measures imposed and the infection rate went way down. And by the time they imposed the hard lockdown, which was March 23rd, the infection rate was already at about 1.”

Berenson continued: “And it’s basically stayed in that range. In the two weeks before it had been in the 3 range. So there’s a good, coherent case ... to be made that lockdowns, hard lockdowns can actually make things worse in the short term, which is why, which may be one reason that New York City suffered such a, you know, a crisis in late March.”

There is zero evidence that the hard lockdowns have worked to slow the spread. And now, there is emerging evidence it actually prevents the slowing.

America has shot itself in the foot. End the lockdowns, completely!!!

[TropicanaRose]

One of my favorite fiction authors - will always remember reading a paperback The Faithful Spy in line at customs in Toronto.