1. New England Journal of Medicine: Chief Editor Marcia Angell MD., “It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgement of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines.” Also Lancet Chief Editor Richard Horton, “…much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue… flagrant conflicts of interest…science has taken a turn towards darkness.”
The Truth About Herd Immunity and Lockdowns
In the race to herd immunity, we’re still being told that at least 70% of the population must either be vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19. But is that really true? Find out why a growing number of scientists believe the herd immunity threshold may be much lower – even as low as 10%.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- Initial modeling predicted COVID-19 would have a fatality rate of 2% to 3%. In reality, it’s nowhere near that, except for the elderly. One research team puts the overall infection fatality rate for all age groups at 0.32%
- Modelers were also incorrect when they predicted that 70% to 80% would get infected before herd immunity would naturally allow the spread of infection to taper off. More than a dozen scientists now claim the herd immunity threshold is below 50%, perhaps even as low as 10%
- Since lockdowns are a public health intervention aimed at saving lives, both the benefits and the costs of this strategy must be calculated and taken into account
- The cost for lockdowns in Canada, in terms of Quality Adjusted Life Years and Wellbeing Years, is at least 10 times greater than the benefit. In Australia, the minimum cost is 6.6 times higher, and in the U.S., the cost is estimated to be at least 5.2 times higher than the benefit of lockdowns
- Researchers have estimated that in order to “break even and make a radical containment and eradication policy worthwhile,” the infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV-2 would need to be 7.8%
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7 Deadly Side Effects of the Lockdowns
Anxiety, pill-popping overdoses, starvation, business shutdowns, domestic and child abuse, rape – and the greatest wealth transfer in history. It’s a grand-scale theft from the poor and middle class. Here’s why the cure is far, far, far worse than the disease.
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