Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted October 12, 2020 Journalists Share Posted October 12, 2020 12 October 2020 Media Release The Covid Plan B group is reassured by the shift of international policy and science consensus toward what had been a dissenting position six months ago; learning to live with the virus. Over the weekend, the WHO’s David Nabarro said that lockdowns caused more harm than good, a position advocated by Covid Plan B back in April 2020. But early in the Covid-19 crisis, the World Health Organisation supported lockdowns to contain ‘intense transmission’ of the virus, listing six conditions that must be met to lift such measures. In a remarkable turnaround, Dr David Nabarro has stated that “Lockdowns just have one consequence that you must never ever belittle, and that is making poor people an awful lot poorer”. He also commended the Great Barrington Declaration, an internationally supported statement against lockdowns, which instead calls for a change in government policy toward focused protection of the elderly and those who are vulnerable to the virus from pre-existing medical conditions, while letting the rest of the population return to normal life. Dr Simon Thornley, spokesman for Covid Plan B, welcomed Nabarro’s statement as “a major change from the World Health Organisation”. “We have drawn attention to the severe and disproportionate financial costs of lockdown policies in New Zealand. “The virus is not as deadly as first claimed, so we must adjust our policies accordingly. “The latest estimates for the infection fatality ratio, a measure of the severity of the virus, are between 0.15 to 0.2 0%, which is concordant with the range of figures for past influenza epidemics. “Crippling our economies and sacrificing our children’s education can no longer be justified, since the harm from these policies outweighs any benefits. “Our health system has largely avoided severe outbreaks in hospitals and nursing homes, and this is where the focus of our response to the virus should be.” Contact: Simon Thornley, 021 299 1752 View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaman Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Been saying this since the beginning. Unfortunately NZ is run by stupid people, and most of the people are even more stupid. NZ will soon be out of step with the most other countries, living behind closed borders and a screwed economy. Vietnam leads the world in the correct response in dealing with the virus if taking a suppression response. Sweden leads the world in the correct response, and that is do nothing other than social distance and common sense, something thats lacking in most Western counties. Brazil which followed the Swedish model is now seeing declining infection rates and a death toll that is declining. They will soon have herd immunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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