Top scientists, epidemiologists, professors and medical professionals from around the world say the pandemic is over and are calling for an end to lockdowns.
“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,” they say, as the costs of continuing the lockdowns are “astonishing” and creating a “global emergency.”
The group made their declaration in a formal, written document drawn up at a meeting hosted by the American Institute for Economic Research. Dubbed “The Great Barrington Declaration,” it’s signed by dozens of professionals, but the public is invited to join in and sign, too. In fact, more than 161,000 members of the public have already signed.
“Keeping these measures in place until a vaccine is available will cause irreparable damage, with the underprivileged disproportionately harmed,” the document says. “Fortunately, our understanding of the virus is growing. We know that vulnerability to death from COVID-19 is more than a thousand-fold higher in the old and infirm than the young. Indeed, for children, COVID-19 is less dangerous than many other harms, including influenza.”
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American Institute for Economic Research October 5, 2020
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