Sunday, December 05, 2021

Objectivity, optimism over occasional obscurantism...


Empathy and Compassion over tyranny. Back in my October Opener, we read about The Great Barrington Declaration. They said: "As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies, and recommend an approach we call Focused Protection." "Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health." I said: 
 "It is pure common sense and unfortunately a long way from the government's approach, which becomes more Monty Pythonesque every week." 
Now it has been taken a step further: Collateral Global. "A global collaborative community of academics, health professionals and citizens who document, study and communicate the collateral effects of the measures taken by governments to mitigate the damage of the covid pandemic." [About]

This isn't just about Covid, it is about the effects, aftermath and long term damage of something far worse: politicians' and zealot jobsworths' reaction to it. 

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