Posted on 01/27/2021 6:56:55 PM PST by Vendome
A pandemic expert who has advocated strict community lockdowns as a way to curb the COVID-19 pandemic is blasting California Gov. Gavin Newsom for relaxing the stay at home orders
“I don’t even know what they’re thinking," said Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam. "There’s no strategy, there’s no plan, they’re just saying, ‘Hey, we’re a little bit better so we’re going to open up.’ That just doesn’t make any sense."
But this week, Bar-Yam is criticizing Newsom’s decision to relax the recent stay-at-home order as another example of "yo-yo" lockdowns that don’t work.
“It means we’re going to shoot back up and hit into the horrendous situation that we were in, and what we really want is to be far away from that condition,” Bar-Yam said.
On Monday, Newsom lifted the shutdown order because overall COVID-19 case numbers are dropping. He said hospitalization rates and ICU availability are both trending in favorable directions.
Bar-Yam said the trends were favorable because of the very shutdown order that was lifted.
“We have these yo-yo lockdowns, which don’t help businesses, and, surely, it’s the worst scenario in terms of getting people sick,” Bar-Yam said.
The California Nurses Association also released a statement in opposition to the stay-at-home order lift, saying it puts patients, nurses and health care workers at risk. Statewide, more than 82,500 health care professionals have been sickened by COVID-19 and 324 have died, according to the association.
"We're very, very busy and we are, you know, running out of room sometimes," one nurse told NBC 7. "Our hope is to take care of everybody. We can't do that if we're out of room. We're constantly short staffed. Nurses are working 16 hours and coming from other units."
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Put a “Dr.” in front of any name and they are suddenly “experts.” Nonsense. This us not about the virus, it is about interminable control. Nonsense.
infection rates and hospitalizations are the highest they’ve ever been.
Yaneer Bar-Yam.
Definitely sounds like an expert.
Let me see the glass as half full and hope he has seen the light that the lockdowns are not helping.
Well, lock down is the new Normal. That Vaccine was a Trump stunt—it will stop nothing—Perpetual mask wearing for all Americans (Except rioters and Democrat Fat Cats). Lets fire all the Teachers and go for just computer learning? We could have maybe 100 teachers make TV shows (or use actors) for the students. Sell all the schools or turn them into Homeless shelters and Hospitals? Lockdown all the stores and gas stations and put in a 20 Hour quarantine—Anyone on the street after six is shot on site using drones. That should stop the crono virus!
When will the people of California just get fed up and go out and do what they want? There aren’t enough Gestapo agents to arrest everybody in California.
Hey Dumba$$es, it's a scam, it's always been a scam.
If this treatment is done EARLY (within 5 days of symptoms start), then there is basically a 100% cure rate.
ARTICLE: Dr. George Fareed and Dr. Brian Tyson share early treatment protocol
If thousands of C-19 patients cured with a near 100% success rate is not good enough, then get in line to get your vaccination.
Mayne the nurses can make another TickTock video to tell me to say home.
My statement was NOT in support of further lockdown and restrictions.
It was to call out Newsome for lying about conditions on the ground.
Things are the worst they have ever been concerning the virus, but because of recall he is changing his tune.
“When will the people of California just get fed up and go out and do what they want?”
They’ve been doing that all along.
Nothing is enforced, anywhere.
... infection rates and hospitalizations are the highest they’ve ever been....
Don’t worry. Newsom will issue an order that rescinds the rescinding.
How many paychecks has that expert missed?
Dr. Bar-Yam wants to create lock-in “Green Zones”. Seems he forgot about the last “Zones”, aka “Ghettoes”. Didn’t end well for anyone.
How about Meir Kahane’s policy of “Never Again”?
When the first lockdown happened in March, the streets were deserted. After that....no one has paid any attention to Newsom. Yes, we’ve been a little inconvenienced on some things because of his mandates, but most people found a way around it. My hairdresser has been to my house 3 times to do my hair. She’s busier than crap. I found restaurants with hidden type patios operating as normal. There is as much traffic as ever. He talks...no one listens.
Sounds like a character out of a Star Wars movie.
Yaneer Bar-Yam.
Sounds like a character out of a Star Wars movie.
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Exactly what I thought.
I do Trade Shows and Conventions - everything in Anaheim and LA has been canceled. San Diego claims that they will re-start in September.
Palm Springs - the Business Conference Center of California is shut down to all events.
From the outside, it looks like everything is still Locked Down.
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