"In the end, Sweden, which adopted many principles in the Great Barrington Declaration, had roughly half the Covid deaths as Michigan, despite having the same population, percent of elderly, and climate.”
[Dr. Marty Makary, M.D. M.P.H. of Johns Hopkins, has written a critique of Dr. Anthony Fauci's performance as America's Covid Czar. Below, I have summarized one relevant episode from America's sad Covid chronology. In my summary, material enclosed in quotation marks constitutes direct quotations from Dr. Makary. Material enclosed in brackets constitutes my own commentary. I have also added my own italics to some of Dr. M's material. Finally, I include here a link to Dr. Makary's article in its entirety, which I strongly recommend:]
[Here's what Dr. M says about just one incident during the Covid epidemic—an episode in which Dr. Fauci not only made a literally fatal error in judgment, but an easily avoidable one—yet Fauci inexplicably chose to not only ignore, but actually demonize' the advice of tens of thousands of his fellow doctors. What happened to “follow the science?” What happened to the indispensable freedom of scientific inquiry? What happened to professional collegiality and mutual respect? Someone in the so-called mainstream media needs to ask Dr. Fauci those questions. Meanwhile, crickets are heard across the land.]
Makary relates, “The Great Barrington Declaration was an open letter published in October 2020 that called for focused protection of the most vulnerable instead of blanket shutdowns of schools and businesses. The letter was authored by Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford, Dr. Sunetra Gupta of Oxford, and Dr. Martin Kulldorff, then of Harvard, and it was signed by tens of thousands of doctors and scientists.
“Drs. Fauci and Collins never talked to these prominent authors to discuss their differing points of view. Instead, they criticized them.
“Four days after the Great Barrington Declaration was published, Dr. Collins sent an email to Dr. Fauci in which he called the authors 'fringe epidemiologists.' [!!!] 'There needs to be a quick and devastating published take down of its premises,' Dr. Collins wrote.
“'I don’t see anything like that on line yet—is it underway?'
"Dr. Fauci replied: 'Francis: I am pasting in below a piece from Wired that debunks this theory.'
[The big tech platforms like Facebook and Google followed suit, suppressing the advice contained in the Declaration, and falsely labeling the Declaration “misinformation.” This kind of vicious infighting, unwarranted censorship, and premature closure of scientific inquiry obviously made a mockery of Fauci's self-awarded medal for representing Science with a capital S.]
Makary continues, “The ultimate irony is that federal officials are now endorsing many of the policies the Great Barrington Declaration authors suggested, insisting schools stay open and quietly ending isolation and quarantine requirements. In the end, Sweden, which adopted many principles in the Great Barrington Declaration, had roughly half the Covid deaths as Michigan, despite having the same population, percent of elderly, and climate.
“If dissent had been welcomed from the start—which is what science demands—a lot of suffering could have been avoided.”
[This is just one example from among many which indicate that Fauci was very far from being the paragon of impartial, apolitical Science that he proclaimed himself to be. Yet the American news media and the big tech platforms treated Fauci as if he was God.
Fauci was not and is not God. In fact, some of us suspect that he is considerably closer to being the exact opposite. That is of course my own personal opinion, not that of Dr. Makary.]
Once again, here is a link to Dr. Makary's article in its entirety: