No, it was about focused protection, which many of us were privately wondering about, but because there was this false consensus being created and since at that time we still trusted "the experts," in concert with dealing with our own pandemic fallout, many of us had to pick our battles.
Bhattacharya and his Great Barrington Declaration co-authors were providing scientific cover for an economic agenda supported by right-wing business interests.
They wanted mass infection of the population to keep the economy rolling. They never cared about the elderly.
Note to journalists: important to communicate that the stated aim of GBD was to have a massive epidemic (immediately before vaccines became available), and also somehow keep it away from older population at higher risk (which would be about 25% of UK population if take age 60 as cutoff)
November 27, 2024 at 5:50 PM
No, it was about focused protection, which many of us were privately wondering about, but because there was this false consensus being created and since at that time we still trusted "the experts," in concert with dealing with our own pandemic fallout, many of us had to pick our battles.