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Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford Doctor, Calls Lockdowns the 'Biggest Public Health Mistake We've Ever Made'
Newsweek ^ | 3/8/21 | MATTHEW IMPEL LI

Posted on 03/09/2021 8:55:54 AM PST by george76

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor at Stanford University Medical School, recently said that COVID-19 lockdowns are the "biggest public health mistake we've ever made...The harm to people is catastrophic."

Several U.S. states have started to ease their COVID-19 restrictions over the past few weeks..

Bhattacharya, who made the comments during an interview with the Daily Clout, co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, a petition that calls for the end of COVID-19 lockdowns, claiming that they are "producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health."

As of Monday, the Great Barrington Declaration has received signatures from over 13,000 medical and public health scientists, more than 41,000 medical practitioners and at least 754,399 "concerned citizens."

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the first plank of the Great Barrington Declaration: let's protect the vulnerable," Bhattacharya said. "The other idea is that the lockdowns themselves impose great harm on people. Lockdowns are not a natural normal way to live."

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Last week, Republican Governors in Texas and Mississippi announced the end to their statewide mask mandates

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


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1 posted on 03/09/2021 8:55:54 AM PST by george76
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“Did he win or not?”— Harry Reid


2 posted on 03/09/2021 8:57:43 AM PST by KC_Lion
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“...The harm to people is catastrophic.”

democrats don’t care about that.


3 posted on 03/09/2021 8:58:11 AM PST by farmguy
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“COVID didn’t crush the economy. Government did.” - Kristi Noem


4 posted on 03/09/2021 8:59:59 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: KC_Lion

When a guy has four “a”s in his last name, you know he’s gotta be good...


5 posted on 03/09/2021 9:01:31 AM PST by nascarnation
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Somebody’s got their head screwed on straight. Amazing how clarity sometimes comes from Stanford.


6 posted on 03/09/2021 9:01:35 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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Lockdowns the 'Biggest Public Health Mistake We've Ever Made'

So far.

7 posted on 03/09/2021 9:02:44 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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Global warming hoax, COVID hoax, gender is an artificial construct hoax, ad infinitum...


8 posted on 03/09/2021 9:04:13 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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From his wiki page

Bhattacharya has four degrees from Stanford, including an MD from Stanford Medical School and a PhD in economics.

9 posted on 03/09/2021 9:04:18 AM PST by libh8er
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I concur.


10 posted on 03/09/2021 9:05:26 AM PST by Jonny7797
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To: Jim W N

Unfortunately sanity is no longer the default at Stanford.


11 posted on 03/09/2021 9:05:51 AM PST by setha (An Army of One, Minus 12)
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To: libh8er

Back in the day, my boss used to call engineers from India “1000 horsepower without a driveshaft”


12 posted on 03/09/2021 9:05:54 AM PST by nascarnation
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It must be fun for China to watch the Democrats.

“Tell them they need anal swabs.”


13 posted on 03/09/2021 9:06:23 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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CPP: “Close down the US and Europe”.

Fauci: “OK”.


14 posted on 03/09/2021 9:06:28 AM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Dems: We cheated fair and square!!!)
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It sure is looking like we're all being used as Guinea Pigs on both sides of Covid , the vaccine and the lock-down.
15 posted on 03/09/2021 9:08:35 AM PST by caww ("Politics is not a game, but a serious business" - Churchill)
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I wish this doctor would publicly state that Dr. Fauci is full of sh*t. That gnome Fauci has to be taken down by real physicians.


16 posted on 03/09/2021 9:13:20 AM PST by forgotten man
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Manufacture a crisis and then eventually take credit for "fixing" the crisis you created.

Not only is it one of the oldest plays in their playbook, it has pretty much become the ONLY play in their playbook.

17 posted on 03/09/2021 9:14:02 AM PST by jpl ("You are fake news.")
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Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford Doctor, Calls Lockdowns the ‘Biggest Public Health Mistake We’ve Ever Made’.

Which vies for the ‘Biggest Understatement We’ve Ever Made’.


18 posted on 03/09/2021 9:26:03 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Pathetic Pierre Delecto, the Pestiferous Potentate of Enchanted Chones.)
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To: george76

HIV AIDS was a bigger mistake. But winning silver is still impressive. /s


19 posted on 03/09/2021 9:27:32 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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: ) You’re baaaad


20 posted on 03/09/2021 10:31:44 AM PST by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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