Called the Great Barrington Declaration, the group issued a letter saying “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, and recommend an approach we call Focused Protection. “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.”
Reported at legalinsurrection. Links to the credentialed signatories are at the site. (Three professors from Harvard, Oxford and Stanford respectively take the lead.)
Also called out: "Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health....Our goal should therefore be to minimize mortality and social harm until we reach herd immunity."
And in summary: "Allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection, while better protecting those who are at highest risk. We call this Focused Protection."
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