1/6 Proud to be friend & colleague of Sunetra Gupta, one of world& #39;s top epidemiologists, who exposes the outrageous personal attack, shameful false criticisms on expertise, & censorship from biased threatened academics. She, like me, doesn& #39;t need approval https://rb.gy/8ygbg1 ">https://rb.gy/8ygbg1&qu...
2/6 "This pandemic is an international crisis. To shut down the discussion with abuse and smears - that is truly dangerous"
"The level of vitriol and hostility, not just from the public online but from journalists and academics, has horrified me"
"The level of vitriol and hostility, not just from the public online but from journalists and academics, has horrified me"
3/6 "The reasoned exchange of ideas is the basis of civilised society"
"Academics have (made) personal attacks on my character, while my work is dismissed as ‘pseudo- science’"
"I have been accused of not having the right expertise"
"Academics have (made) personal attacks on my character, while my work is dismissed as ‘pseudo- science’"
"I have been accused of not having the right expertise"
4/6
"...(their) repeatedly published opinion pieces making factually incorrect and scientifically flawed statements, as well as borderline defamatory comments"
"Ultimately the lockdown is a luxury of the affluent"
"...(their) repeatedly published opinion pieces making factually incorrect and scientifically flawed statements, as well as borderline defamatory comments"
"Ultimately the lockdown is a luxury of the affluent"
5/6 "The simple truth is Covid-19 will not just go away if we continue to impose meaningless restrictions on ourselves. And the longer we fail to recognise this, the worse will be the permanent economic damage - the brunt of which will be borne by the disadvantaged and the young"
6/6
"There is now a groundswell of movements - Us For Them, PanData19 and The Price of Panic, to name but three - seeking to give a voice to those, like me, who believe that the collateral damage of lockdown can be worse than the virus itself."
#FactsMatter #TruthWillPrevail
"There is now a groundswell of movements - Us For Them, PanData19 and The Price of Panic, to name but three - seeking to give a voice to those, like me, who believe that the collateral damage of lockdown can be worse than the virus itself."
#FactsMatter #TruthWillPrevail