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Great

Barrington

Declaration

As

infectious

disease

epidemiologists

and

public

health

scientists

we

have

grave

concerns

about

the

damaging

physical

and

mental

health

impacts

of

the

prevailing

COVID-19

policies,

and

recommend

an

approach

we

call

Focused

Protection.

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Great

Barrington

Declaration

The

Great

Barrington

Declaration

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As

infectious

disease

epidemiologists

and

public

health

scientists

we

have

grave

concerns

about

the

damaging

physical

and

mental

health

impacts

of

the

prevailing

COVID-19

policies,

and

recommend

an

approach

we

call

Focused

Protection.

Coming

from

both

the

left

and

right,

and

around

the

world,

we

have

devoted

our

careers

to

protecting

people.

Current

lockdown

policies

are

producing

devastating

effects

on

short

and

long-term

public

health.

The

results

(to

name

a

few)

include

lower

childhood

vaccination

rates,

worsening

cardiovascular

disease

outcomes,

fewer

cancer

screenings

and

deteriorating

mental

health

-

leading

to

greater

excess

mortality

in

years

to

come,

with

the

working

class

and

younger

members

of

society

carrying

the

heaviest

burden.

Keeping

students

out

of

school

is

a

grave

injustice.

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Keeping

these measures

s

in placeuntil

a

w.cc1n

is

a

,able

will

cause

trrep

a.r'a.ble

damage,

with

the

underprivileged

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or

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bnned,

Fortunately,

our

understanding

of

the

virus

is

growing.

We

know

that

vulnerability

to

death

from

CO

il:.

-1.9

is

more

than

a

t.housan.d.-fo.id

higher

.in

the

old

and

infl.r

rrr

than

the

young.

Indeed.,

for

children,

COVID-19

is

less

dangerous

than

many

other

harms,

including

influenza

As

immunity

builds

in

the

population,

the

rids.

of

infection

to

all

-

including

the

vulnerable

falls.

We

know

that

all

populations

will

eventually

reach

herd

immunity

-

i.e.

the

point

at

which

the

rate

of

new

infections

is

stable

-

and

that

this

can

he

assisted

by

(but

is

not

dependent

upon)

a

vaccine.

Our

goal

should

therefore

be

to

minimize

mortality

and

social

harm

until

we

reach

herd

immunity.

The

most

€..{.'m

)a

s`

on

ate

approach

that-.

balances

the

risks

and

benefits

of

reaching

herd

in

rraErrrit.y,

is

to

allow

t

hoc

who

are

a.t

minimal

risk

of

death

to

live

their

lives

normally

to

build

ul:r

immunity

to

the

virus

through

natural

infection,

while

better

protecting

those

who

are

at:

highest.

risk.

We

call

this

Focused

Protection,

Adopting

measures

to

protect

the

vulnerable

should

he

the

central

aim

of

public

health

responses

to

COVlD-~19.

By

way

of

example,

nursing

homes

should

use

staff

with

acquired

immunity

and

perform

frequent

testing

of

other

staff

and

all

visitors.

Staff

rotation

should

he

minimized,

Retired

people

living

at

home

should

have

groceries

and

other

essentials

delivered

to

their

home.

When

possible,

they

should

meet

family

members

outside

rather

than

inside.

A

comprehensive

and

detailed

list

of

measures,

including

approaches

to

multi

households,

can

be

implemented,

and

is

well

within

the

scope

and

capability

of

public

health

l:rrolessionals.

Those

who

are

not

vulnerable

should

irnrrrediately

be

allowed

to

resurne

life

as

normal,

Simple

hygiene

measures,

such

as

hand

Washing

and

staying

home

when

sick.

should

be

practiced

by

everyone

to

reduce

the

herd

immunity

threshold.

Schools

and

universities

should

be

open

for

in

-person

teaching.

Extracurricular

activities,

such

as

sports,

should

be

resumed.

Young

low

-

risk.

adults

should

work

normally,

rather

than

from

home.

Restaurants

and

other

businesses

should.

open.

Arts,

music,

sport

and

other

cultural

activities

should

resume.

People

who

are

more

at

risk

may

participate

if

they

wish,

while

society

as

a

whole

enjoys

the

protection

conferred

upon

the

vulnerable

by

those

who

have

built

up

herd

immunity.

On

October

4,

2020,

this

declaration

was

authored

and

signed

in

Great

Banlngwn,

United

State:,

by.

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Dr.

Martin

Kulldorff,

professor

of

medicine

at

Harvard

University,

a

biostatistician,

and

epidemiologist

with

expertise

in

detecting

and

monitoring

infectious

disease

outbreaks

and

vaccine

safety

evaluations.

Dr.

Sunetra

Gupta,

professor

at

Oxford

University,

an

epidemiologist

with

expertise

in

immunology,

vaccine

development,

and

mathematical

modeling

of

infectious

diseases.

Dr.

Jay

Bhattacharya,

professor

at

Stanford

University

Medical

School,

a

physician,

epidemiologist,

health

economist,

and

public

health

policy

expert

focusing

on

infectious

diseases

and

vulnerable

populations.

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Co-signers

Medical

and

Public

Health

Scientists

and

Medical

Practitioners

Dr.

Alexander

Walker,

principal

at

World

Health

Information

Science

Consultants,

former

Chair

of

Epidemiology,

Harvard

TH

Chan

School

of

Public

Health,

USA

Dr.

Andrius

Kavaliunas,

epidemiologist

and

assistant

professor

at

Karolinska

Institute,

Sweden

Dr.

Angus

Dalgleish,

oncologist,

infectious

disease

expert

and

professor,

St.

George's

Hospital

Medical

School,

University

of

London,

England

Dr.

AnthonyJ

Brookes,

professor

of

genetics,

University

of

Leicester,

England

Dr.

Annie

Janvier,

professor

of

pediatrics

and

clinical

ethics,

University

de

Montreal

and

Sainte

-Justine

University

Medical

Centre,

Canada

Dr.

Ariel

Munitz,

professor

of

clinical

microbiology

and

immunology,

Tel

Aviv

University,

Israel

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Dr.

Boris

Kotchoubey,

institute

for

Medical,

Psychology,

University

of

`t'ilbingen,

Germany

Dr.

Cody

Meissner,

professor

of

pediatrics,

expert

on

vaccine

development,

efficacy,

and

safety.

'T

efts

University

School

of

Medicine,

USA

Dr.

David

Katz,

physician

and

president,

'Tire

Health

Initiative,

and

founder

of

the

Yale

University

Prevention

Research

Center,

USA

Dr.

David

Livermore,

microbiologist,

infectious

disease

epidemiologist

and

professor,

University

of

East

Anglia,

England

Dr.

Eitan

Friedman,

professor

of

medicine,

'I'ei-Aviv

University,

Israel

Dr.

Ellen

Townsend,

professor

of

psychology,

head

of

the

SelfHarm

Research

Group,

University

o1'

Nottingham,

England

Dr.

Eyal

Shahar,

ph

sician,

epidemiologist

and

professor

(emeritus)

of

public

health

;

University

of

Arizona,

LISA

Drn

Florian

Limbourg,

physician

and

hypertension

researcher,

professor

at

Hannover

Medical

School,

Germany

Dr.

Gabriel

..

Gomes,

mathematician

aticia_n

studying

infectious

disease

epidemiology,

professor,

University

of

Strathclyde,

Scotland

Dr.

Gerhard

lr°

rl

,

physician

and

professor

of

translational

immunology,

University

of

F

ddan

en-Nurember

,

Germany

Dr.

Basins

Weckmann,

professor

of

health

education

and

prevention,

Eur°opdische

Fachhochschule,

Rostock,

Germany

Dr.

Günter

Ka

mpf,

associate

professor,

Institute

for

Hygiene

and

Environmental

Medicine,

Greif

wald

Driver

iig¢\

Germany

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Dr.

Helen

Coihoun,

professor

of

medical

informatics

and

epidemiology,

and

public

health

physician,

University

of

E.cdnburgh,

Scotland

Dr.

Jonas

Ludvigsson,

pediatrician,

epidemiologist

and

professor

at

Karolin.slca

Institute

and

senior

physician

at

Orebro

University

Hospital,

Sweden

Dr.

Karol

Sikora.

physician,

oncologist,

and

professor

of

medicine

at

the

University

of

Buckingham,

England

Dr.

Laura

Lazzeroni,

professor

of

psychiatry

and

behavioral

sciences

and

of

biomedical

data

science,

Stanford

University

Medical

School,

USA

Dr.

Lisa

Wbite,

professor

of

modelling

and

epidemiology,

O

ford

University,

England

Dr.

Mario

Re

.

r°,

malaria,

researcher

and associate

professor,

University

of

Exeter,

England

Dr.

M

attfr

:

ateliff

,

professor

of

philosophy,

specializing

in

philosophy

of

mental.

health,

University

of

'ork,

England

Dr.

Matthew

tr

u

a,

critical

care

physician

and

assistant

professor

of

medicine,

Queen's

University,

Canada

Dr.

Michael

Jackson,

research

fellow,

School

of

Biological

Sciences,

University

of

Canterbury,

New

Zealand

Dr.

Michael

l

Levitt,

biophysicist

and

professor

of

structural

biology,

Stanford.

University,

USA.

Recipient

of

the

2013

obel

Prize

in

Chemistry.

Dr.

Mike

Hulme,

professor

of

human

geography,

University

of

Cambridge,

England

Dr.

Motti

Mot

Genie,

professor

of

clinical

microbiology

and

immunology,

Tel

Aviv

University.

Israel

el

Dr.

Partha

P.

Majumd.

r

;

professor

and

founder

of

the

National

Institute

of

Biomedical

ical

Genomics,

Kalvani,

India

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Dr.

Paul

McKeigue,

physician,

disease

modeler

and

professor

of

epidemiology

and

public

health,

University

of

Edinburgh,

Scotland

Dr.

Rajiv

Bhatia,

physician.,

epidemiologist

and

public

policy

expert

at

the

Veterans

Administration,

USA.

Dr.

Rodney

Sturdivant,

infectious

disease

scientist

and

associate

professor

of

biostatistics,

Baylor

University.

USA

Dr.

Simon

Thh

o

le

,

epidemiologist

and

biostatistician,

University

of

Auckland,

New

Zealan.d.

Dr.

Simon

Wood,

hiosta.tistician.

and

professor,

University

of

Edinburgh,

Scotland

Dr.

Stephen

Bremner,professor

of

medical

statistics,

University

of

Sussex,

England

Dn

Sylvia

Fogel,

autism

provider

and

psychiatrist

at

Massachusetts

General

Hospital

and

instructor

at

Harvard

Medical

School,

USA.

Tom

Nicholson,

on,

Associate

in

Research,

Duke

Center

for

International

Development,

Sanford

School

of

Public

Polic.-,

Duke

University,

USA

Dr.

Udi

Qimron.

profess

)i

of

clinical

microbiology

and

immunology,

Tel

.Aviv

University

;

Israel.

Dr.

Ulrike

Kãmmerer,

professor

and

expert

in

virology,

immunology

and

cell

biology,

University

of

. ,..

rzbur

,

Germany

Dr.

Uri

Gavish,

biomedical

consultant,

Israel.

Dr.

Yaz

Gulnur

M

.ra

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l

.,

professor

of

finance,

director

of

the

Behavioural

Finance

Working

Group,

Queen

Mary

University

of

London,

England

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