COVID-19 Links

Recently the COVID-19 virus has been getting a lot of attention in the press which in turn has led politicians to implement draconian public health measures and restrictions. Here, I will post some resources for understanding the argument that the response of politicians as advised by their public health advisors has almost certainly been disproportionate to the danger.

Prof. Marc Lipsitch---the only proven factor in the eradication or suppression of a virus is herd immunity:https://ccdd.hsph.harvard.edu/will-covid-19-go-away-on-its-own-in-warmer-weather/

Dr. Knut Wittkowski interview and draft of scientific paper---lockdowns have different effects on an epidemiological curve depending on when they are instituted. If successful, fatalities in the early phase may be delayed until a later phase with no difference in total fatalities. https://ratical.org/PerspectivesOnPandemic-II.html

Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel---strict lockdowns in various countries have not resulted in statistical differences when compared with countries where less severe measures were instituted. https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-israeli-prof-claims-simple-stats-show-virus-plays-itself-out-after-70-days/

Ioaniddis vs. Lipsitch---while many epidemiologists recommend lockdown on the subjective principle that in lieu of data, better to be safe at all costs, not all scientists agree. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-covid-pandemic-response-scientists-1.5502423

Dr. John Ioaniddis---authorities, statisticians, and epidemiologists are drawing conclusions and making recommendations based on too little data: https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-making-decisions-without-reliable-data/

Dr. Scott Jensen interview---cause of death information, on which models of COVID-19 that inform policy decisions are based, may be unreliable due to conflicting CDC guidelines: https://www.foxnews.com/media/physician-blasts-cdc-coronavirus-death-count-guidelines

Prof. Johan Giesecke interview---lockdown measures have no scientific basis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=bfN2JWifLCY&feature=emb_logo

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya interview---no scientific data on which to base policy decisions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UO3Wd5urg0&feature=emb_rel_end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7v2F3usNVA

Government statistics for COVID-19 deaths inflated
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/birx-says-government-is-classifying-all-deaths-of-patients-with-coronavirus-as-covid-19-deaths-regardless-of-cause

Ioaniddis interview,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=433&v=d6MZy-2fcBw&feature=emb_logo

Wittkowski interview,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGC5sGdz4kg

Katz interview: protect high-risk people vs. lockdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK0Wtjh3HVA

Ioaniddis, follow-up interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPqmLoZA4s

White House does its part to stoke hysteria
https://www.cato.org/blog/did-mitigation-save-two-million-lives?utm_campaign=Cato%20Today&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=86575343&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Xx-7gcZemlF6ZwExbxcw3RyNFHkuAcbDgi_tZo04G4tf8vV4aRWuaLA4JbgHLBswb-GsfXKpUlmU5hIyDs26R5DVKyQ&_hsmi=86575343

Dr. Richard Sullivan: lockdown causes more cancer fatalities than COVID-19.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1268059/cancer-deaths-coronavirus-nhs

Prof. Dr. Med. Sucharit  Bhakdi: some hard questions for Chancellor Merkel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=96&v=N-qk-nenbt0&feature=emb_logo

Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg: Coronavirus epidemic is a fraud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qwiyxedC_o

Drs. Daniel Erickson and Artin Massih: Don't quarantine the healthy!

https://www.aier.org/article/open-up-society-now-say-dr-dan-erickson-and-dr-artin-massihi/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=xfLVxx_lBLU&feature=emb_logo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb6j7o1pLBw

Dr. Katz interviewed by Bill Maher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=96&v=Lze-rMYLf2E&feature=emb_logo

Death certificate corruption
https://fee.org/articles/physicians-say-hospitals-are-pressuring-er-docs-to-list-covid-19-on-death-certificates-here-s-why/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FEEDaily

Historian Phillip Magness examines ICL statistical data
https://www.aier.org/article/imperial-college-model-applied-to-sweden-yields-preposterous-results/

Mathematician Wesley Pegden asks MSM to honestly present the effects of flattening the curve:
https://medium.com/@wpegden/a-call-to-honesty-in-pandemic-modeling-5c156686a64b

The temptation to base research on faulty protocols may make it more difficult to develop a vaccine
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6490/476

Dr. Michael Levitt, structural biologist and Nobel Prize winner, calls indiscriminate lockdown "a huge mistake."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl-sZdfLcEk

German virologist actually does a study and finds IFR of 0.24-0.36%., much lower than Ferguson's 0.8-0.9%.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrL9QKGQrWk

Dr. Steven Shaprio: time to open up
https://inside.upmc.com/shapiro-economy-roundtable/

Dr. Ioaniddis in interview with Greek TV
https://fee.org/articles/modelers-were-astronomically-wrong-in-covid-19-predictions-says-leading-epidemiologist-and-the-world-is-paying-the-price/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020_FEEDaily

An open letter from various Canadian health authorities cautioning against the goal of trying to eradicate the COVID-19 virus.
http://balancedresponse.ca/

A study that has been claimed to prove that wearing masks (and other protective measures) reduces infections. But the study's methodology is  a Patient Reported Outcome survey (patients say what they experienced) which is one of the weakest study designs, with no collaboration by medical evidence or medical staff.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6923e4.htm

A great essay that touches on methodological problems in epidemiology and economics.
https://www.aier.org/article/what-economists-can-teach-epidemiologists/

A recent assessment of models related to COVID-19
https://www.aier.org/article/the-models-were-wildly-wrong-about-reopening-too/

A skeptical examination of the science behind wearing masks:

https://mises.org/wire/when-it-comes-masks-there-no-settled-science?utm_source=feedotorg&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fee_partners&fbclid=IwAR1AGF6sy4cbKCEQJfBLPwYQ8RAYiBE_YLxsy0HKaL-XbYLAp0t-MflmUp4

"Hygiene Theater" from the Atlantic.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/

Fact-checking Fauci (Magness)

https://www.aier.org/article/fact-checking-fauci/

The Cognitive Biases Behind the Response to COVID-19

https://fee.org/articles/the-cognitive-biases-behind-societys-response-to-covid-19/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020_FEEDaily

Lockdown statistics

https://www.aier.org/article/a-closer-look-at-the-states-that-stayed-open/

NPI effectiveness

https://www.aier.org/article/lockdowns-and-mask-mandates-do-not-lead-to-reduced-covid-transmission-rates-or-deaths-new-study-suggests/

Summary of Difference Between Sweden and other Nordic Countries

https://www.aier.org/article/swedens-high-covid-death-rates-among-the-nordics-dry-tinder-and-other-important-factors/

The Masque of Red Death as allegory for COVID-19

https://www.aier.org/article/how-the-virus-penetrated-fortress-new-zealand/

This list will be updated when and if new information comes to my attention.