Epidemiologist slams coronavirus lockdowns: ‘We could open up again and forget the whole thing’ – IOTW Report

Epidemiologist slams coronavirus lockdowns: ‘We could open up again and forget the whole thing’

‘Shutting down schools, driving the economy against the wall — there was no reason for it,” Knut Wittkowski said in an interview.

Just The News: An epidemiologist known for his contrarian takes to the global response to the coronavirus pandemic is arguing that the ongoing government lockdowns meant to mitigate the disease are based on bad science, and that countries “could open up again and forget the whole thing” if they so desired. 

Knut Wittkowski for several weeks has been among the growing chorus of scientists, epidemiology experts, statisticians and other intellectuals who are claiming that the broad economic shutdowns, restrictive policies and harsh mitigative measures put in place by world governments are doing more harm than good. 

Public health authorities across the globe have argued that the lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, “social distancing” mandates and other policies are necessary to prevent the collapse of healthcare systems and the deaths of tens of millions. read more

9 Comments on Epidemiologist slams coronavirus lockdowns: ‘We could open up again and forget the whole thing’

  1. People for decades have wondered how ordinary Germans went along with what Hitler was doing.

    If people don’t know by now how everybody went along with Hitler, they are idiots.

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  2. From the linked article: “The only reason that this nonsense now goes on and on…is that the politicians are afraid of admitting an error.”

    No, the reason it goes on is because to the Left around the globe, 100’s of millions dying of starvation worldwide is a small price to pay to prevent 4 more years of President Trump.

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  3. Number one, isolate people. Number two, hype fear on all media 24/7. Number three, people are isolated, so make them think everyone else is on board with the new rules. Number four, take away jobs and make people dependent on the government. Voila!! The Left has imposed socialism.

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  4. Public Health vs actual MDs. It seems that most public health are not real practicing MDs and are academics. Why do we keep listening to academics and not people that actually do the work. Pisses me off.

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