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Great Barrington Declaration

Daniel October 28, 2020 at 01:59 1075 views 1 comments
https://gbdeclaration.org/ This is something I think everyone should be able to access, read, and form a judgement out of it, and that's the reason why I am sharing it. There is a FAQ section in case you want to know more about why it was done. Wikipedia also provides a good overview of the people and groups involved in its redaction, in case you want to read a bit more about it.

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Sir2u October 28, 2020 at 03:24 #465706
Approximately 7,821,493,909 people in the world.

Approximately 44,236,745 people in the world that have been infected.

As immunity builds in the population, the risk of infection to all – including the vulnerable – falls. We know that all populations will eventually reach herd immunity – i.e. the point at which the rate of new infections is stable – and that this can be assisted by (but is not dependent upon) a vaccine. Our goal should therefore be to minimize mortality and social harm until we reach herd immunity.


Doing the math it will be a long time before enough people have been sick for it to make any difference.