Proposal to hasten herd immunity to the coronavirus grabs White House attention...

[Nevilledog]

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“This is a fringe component of epidemiology. This is not mainstream science. It’s dangerous. It fits into the political views of certain parts of our confused political establishment,”

Proposal to hasten herd immunity to the coronavirus grabs White House attention but appalls top...
The National Institutes of Health chief calls the Focused Protection idea “dangerous” and “fringe.”
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"A senior administration official told reporters in a background briefing call Monday that the proposed strategy — ... — supports what has been Trump’s policy for months."
6:04 PM · Oct 13, 2020

[highplainsdem]

1. Trump to Fauci in March: "Why don't we let this wash over the country?"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-privately-weighed-letting-covid-19-wash-over-country-report/ar-BB12w8Db

[underpants]

2. "Dr. Johnny Bananas" and "Dr. Person Fakename."

The online document claims that thousands of doctors and scientists have signed it, as well as hundreds of thousands of people in the general public. Britain’s Sky News reported last week that some of the names are transparently fake, such as “Dr. Johnny Bananas” and “Dr. Person Fakename.”

Still reading but I felt that merited some attention

[pecosbob]

3. Isn't that what they're doing already with these GOP super-spreader events?

Intentionally spreading the virus?

[bdamomma]

4. yes

they are health/science deniers, and trump is a mass murderer if he continues with his sick plan.

[sanatanadharma]

5. Dying for Dividends is deplorable

Apparently "all lives do not matter"