“Barely a day goes by without a politician saying that they will be ‘led by the science’. But what we are seeing with Covid-19 is not ‘science’ in action.”
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Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19
pandemic: a call for action for mental health science
PDF download of the paper available from The Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lanpsy/PIIS2215-0366(20)30168-1.pdf
Heather Mac Donald, New York Times bestselling author and Thomas W Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses the destructive consequences of shutting down society in response to Covid-19, and why the virus is likely to inflame the culture wars.
https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/we-are-living-in-an-era-of-global-madness/
COVID-19: Beatmung – und dann?
https://www.doccheck.com/de/detail/articles/26271-covid-19-beatmung-und-dann
Leading lung specialists say invasive ventilation of Covid19 patients causes additional damage to the lungs.
School closure and management practices during coronavirus outbreaks including COVID-19: a rapid systematic review:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30095-X/fulltext
Summary from BBC News:
- While school closures help during influenza outbreaks, the same may not apply to coronavirus
- Data from the Sars outbreak (in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Singapore) suggest that school closures did not contribute to the control of the epidemic
- Recent modelling studies of Covid-19 predict that school closures alone would prevent only 2%-4% of deaths, many fewer than other social distancing interventions
- 00:58-How to minimize the risk of COVID-19
- 03:52-Comparing the responses to a global pandemic
- 08:53-Who is most at risk
- 13:44-Is our global response warranted?
- 17:17-Comparing COVID-19 to the flu
- 20:55-Is the risk really that high?
- 23:53-What is the fatality rate versus other common risk factors?
- 25:29–00:58-How to minimize the risk of COVID-19
- 03:52-Comparing the responses to a global pandemic
- 08:53-Who is most at risk
- 13:44-Is our global response warranted?
- 17:17-Comparing COVID-19 to the flu
- 20:55-Is the risk really that high?
- 23:53-What is the fatality rate versus other common risk factors? 25:29-The risk of labeling COVID-19 as a ?pandemic?
- 26:14-Are the COVID-19 tests reliable?
- 28:58-Should we be concerned about herd immunity?
- 30:16-On the chances of getting a vaccine
- 31:47-The return of ?measles parties??
- 34:30-Breaking down the pros and cons of herd immunity
- 37:25-Is lockdown making the problem worse?
- 40:01-How to really hashtag Flatten the Curve
- 45:45-Can we really trace the exposure for every person?
- 48:06-Is authoritarianism growing in the name of public health? 50:37-Who can we trust when this pandemic is over?
- 54:54-Industries? roles in the pandemic
A prominent Israeli mathematician, analyst and former general claims simple statistical analysis demonstrates that the spread of COVID-19 peaks after about 40 days and declines to almost zero after 70 days — no matter where it strikes, and no matter what measures governments impose to try to thwart it.
According Peter Hitches, the government has projected that 150,000 people may die as a result of the lockdowns. This is at around 10m20s in the talkRADIO interview.
National NHS leaders are to take action over growing fears that the “unintended consequences” of focusing so heavily on tackling covid-19 could do more harm than the virus, HSJ has learned.
A study by King’s College London has found that putting suspected coronavirus patients in quarantine could cause long-lasting, psychological damage. Spending weeks in isolation can trigger PTSD, depression, feelings of confusion, anger and fear, and even drug abuse.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8186461/DR-MAX-PEMBERTON-forgotten-victims-fear-most.html
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s The World at One, Professor Thomas argued that according to his team’s calculations, if the UK’s GDP fell by more than 6.5 percent for a consistent period of time, the economic effect of coronavirus will cost the country more lives than the disease itself. He explained: “I calculated the likely size of the epidemic and it is very big. The loss of life will be equivalent to 400,000 average lives lost.
“Yes this is serious but the real question is: is this serious enough to warrant putting most of our population into house imprisonment; wrecking our economy for the indefinite period; destroying businesses that honest and hardworking people have taken years to build up; saddling future generation with debt, depression, stress, suicides and unbelievable distress inflicted on millions of people who are not especially vulnerable and will suffer only mild symptoms or none at all.”