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Thing about the "herd immunity" debate is, there isn& #39;t one. Herd immunity was discarded by WHO virologists and epidemiologists and their US/UK counterparts. So why are we still talking about it?
Thank right-wing think-tanks, awash in corporate money.
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Thank right-wing think-tanks, awash in corporate money.
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The Hoover Institute and the American Institute for Economic Research have coordinated with the Trump administration to promote this idea. Hoover& #39;s Scott Atlas is on Trump& #39;s covid task force and his idea of scientific debate is threatening to sue scientists.
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The majority of support for herd immunity comes from three scientists: Martin Kulldorff (Harvard Med), Sunetra Gupta (Oxford epidemiology) and theex-Hooverites Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford).
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These three convened the meeting that produced the "Great Barrington Declaration" arguing for herd immunity - a declaration whose signatories include many obvious fakes ("Dr Johnny Bananas").
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And these three are cited by GOP governors and local pols for their refusal to implement lockdowns, mask orders and other evidence-based, life-saving measures.
Like tobacco-cancer deniers of the fifties, they& #39;re selling doubt, and corporate-friendly politicians are buying.
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Like tobacco-cancer deniers of the fifties, they& #39;re selling doubt, and corporate-friendly politicians are buying.
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Herd immunity is bad science, but it& #39;s good for business. Tossing low-waged workers into a viral meat-grinder "keeps the economy going" - which is to say, it keeps billionaires& #39; fortunes intact.
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Remember, if they need you to risk your life to make their fortunes, then you - not they - are the reason they have that fortune to begin with.
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