Herd immunity letter signed by fake scientists like “Dr. Johnny Bananas”

Letter calling on the government to adopt a herd immunity approach Coronavirus It was signed with a fake name.

Included in the list of 15,000 scientists and practitioners were Dr. IP Freely, Dr. Person Fakename, and Dr. Johnny Bananas, who was named “Dr of Hard Sums.”

The letter also counted homeopathy, therapists, and fake names among its “medical” signatories.

Known as the Great Barrington Declaration, the letter was organized by prominent supporters of herd immunity and has also collected signatures from 160,000 civilians.

However, anyone can sign the letter and check the box claiming to be a healthcare professional.

Another slightly scary example of perhaps a fake name in the letter is Dr. Harold Shipman-the GP who killed many of his patients.

The open letter also contained 18 self-declared homeopathy. Sky News reported.

Homeopathy is a pseudoscience that mistakenly teaches healthy people that substances that cause illness symptoms cure sick people as well.

I also registered a massage therapist and “Therapist Sound Practitioner”.

The fake name casts doubt on how much support there really is for herd immunity theory.

According to Martin McKee, a professor of European public health at the London School of Economics and Tropical Medicine, he supports the controversial coronavirus response among real scientists and practitioners. Is very few.

“Aside from strong arguments against this declaration because of science and feasibility, there is consistent evidence that the majority of the British population will support or go further with the steps needed to reduce the spread of the virus. There is, “he told Sky News.

“But the campaign behind this declaration promotes a completely different situation.”

If the signatories of the Great Barrington Declaration give way, young people and vulnerable people can catch the coronavirus.

This promotes herd immunity and protects the vulnerability.

One of its supporters is Professor Mike Hulme, a scholar at the University of Cambridge.

“For others, there is no doubt that Covid-19 can lead to persistent adverse health conditions of varying durations and severity,” he told Miller.

“But for the vast majority, especially those under the age of 60, Covid-19 is not afraid.

“Young adults and children are much more likely to die of a car accident, suicide, or cancer.

“But the authoritarian Covid-19 policy measures pursued by many governments, such as the United Kingdom, have short-term and long-term implications that can seriously damage the physical and mental health of the people. There is no doubt. “

Dr. Michael Head, a leading global health expert at the University of Southampton, disagrees.

“” The people behind the Barrington Declaration are advocates of herd immunity within the population, “he said.

“They say,’People who are not vulnerable should be allowed to resume their normal lives immediately.” The idea is that vulnerable people in society are protected from dangerous viral infections.

“That’s a very bad idea.

“Even with the intensive blockade, we found that so many people were killed and the elderly were at the mercy of it.”

Professor Jay Batacharya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University and one of the authors of the letter, said the people behind him did not have the resources to audit each signature.

“Nevertheless, given the amount of communications I received from medical and public health professionals, scientists and epidemiologists, so many professionals resonated with the message of the Declaration and the demands of focused protection policies. It’s clear that he is, “he told Sky News.