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The Prophets: D.A. Henderson
The Free Press ^ | 16 Mar 2024 | Joe Nocera

Posted on 03/16/2024 5:21:01 PM PDT by Rummyfan

>Years before Covid, the scientist credited with eradicating smallpox warned against shutting down the world to combat an epidemic.,p>

In 2006, ten years before his death at the age of 87, the legendary epidemiologist D.A. Henderson laid out a plan for how public health officials should respond to a major influenza pandemic. It was published in a small journal that focused mainly on bioterrorism—and was quickly forgotten.

As it turns out, that paper, titled “Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza,” was Henderson’s prescient bequest to the future. If we had followed his advice, our country—indeed, our world—could have avoided its disastrous response to Covid.

This month marks the four-year anniversary of lockdowns on a global scale. And though the pandemic has passed, its consequences live on. The lockdowns embraced by the U.S. public-health establishment meant that millions of young people had their education and social development disrupted, or left school for good. Mental health problems rose substantially. So did incidents of domestic violence and overdose deaths.

It didn’t have to be that way.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefp.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: covid; lockdown; lockdowns
Sigh....
1 posted on 03/16/2024 5:21:01 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

COVID-19(84) was an excellent dry run for the Mark of the Beast

Funny how my phone can predict nearly every word I’m going to type there but ALWAYS chokes and will not offer ‘Beast’ as a choice despite my having typed it well over 100 times - maybe 200.

Probably just a coincidence.

Just like how it offers “Joe” but almost NEVER offers “Biden”

Probably just a coincidence there, too


2 posted on 03/16/2024 5:35:05 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

LOL! Interesting.... but I’m not sure I’d read too much into it.


3 posted on 03/16/2024 7:15:32 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.c)
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To: SaveFerris

Try typing Biden first, and then perhaps it will suggest beast. 🤣


4 posted on 03/16/2024 7:33:18 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

🤣😆


5 posted on 03/16/2024 7:42:08 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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