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White House embraces a declaration from scientists that opposes lockdowns and relies on ‘herd immunity.’ - The New York Times

White House embraces a declaration from scientists that opposes lockdowns and relies on ‘herd immunity.’ - The New York Times

White House embraces a declaration from scientists that opposes lockdowns and relies on ‘herd immunity.’ - The New York Times
Oct 14, 2020 1 min, 4 secs

The White House has embraced a declaration by a group of scientists arguing that authorities should allow the coronavirus to spread among young healthy people while protecting the elderly and the vulnerable — an approach that would rely on arriving at “herd immunity” through infections rather than a vaccine.

On a call convened Monday by the White House, two senior administration officials, both speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to give their names, cited an October 4 petition titled The Great Barrington Declaration, which argues against lockdowns and calls for a reopening of businesses and schools.

“Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health,” the declaration states, adding, “The most compassionate approach that balances the risks and benefits of reaching herd immunity, is to allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection, while better protecting those who are at highest risk.

The declaration’s architects include Sunetra Gupta and Gabriela Gomes, two scientists who have proposed that societies may achieve herd immunity when 10 to 20 percent of their populations have been infected with the virus, a position most epidemiologists disagree with.

“The idea that herd immunity will happen at 10 or 20 percent is just nonsense,” said Dr.

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