The Great Barrington Declaration calls for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns
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The Great Barrington Declaration calls for ending lockdowns and trying to achieve herd immunity for COVID-19, but while the White House is reportedly intrigued, many health professionals are not. We talk to epidemiologist and mathematical modeller Ashleigh Tuite, microbiologist and immunologist John Moore, and Timothy Caulfield, the Canada research chair in health law and policy, who studies misinformation in health, particularly during the pandemic.
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