Antony Fauci and Francis Collins
Dr. Anthony Fauci and the head of the National Institute of Health (NIH) colluded on a way to discredit an alternative plan to deal with COVID from a group of experts, released emails reveal.
The emails, some of which were tweeted out on Saturday by Phil Magness, senior research faculty and interim research and education director at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), show Fauci and Francis Collins attempting to coordinate a 'devastating takedown' of the Great Barrington Declaration.
AIER, a libertarian think tank, sponsored the declaration, which largely abandons lockdowns in favor of a herd immunity strategy that allows life to return to normal.
Phil Magness, director at the American Institute for Economic Research shared emails between Fauci and Collins regarding smearing scientists who were against the lockdowns.
Collins adds that 'there needs to be a quick and devastating published takedown of its premises. I don't see anything like that online yet - is it underway?'
Later in the day, Fauci sends Collins a Wired op-ed that refutes the notion of herd immunity stopping the pandemic.
Collins then sends Fauci an op-ed in The Nation also trashing the GBD.
© TwitterAn email from NIH Director Francis Collins telling Anthony Fauci that there needed to be a 'devastating published take down' of the Great Barrington Declaration
© TwitterLater in the day, Fauci sends along a piece from wired that Fauci said 'debunks this theory,' which relies heavily on ending lockdowns and herd immunity
© TwitterFauci sends him along another op-ed from The Nation Magazine trashing the Great Barrington Declaration
Collins - working under former President Donald Trump at the time - said 'my quotes are accurate but will not be appreciated in the [White House].'
Fauci responds: 'They are too busy with other things to worry about this. What you said was entirely correct.'
Later, Gregg Gonsalves - the writer of The Nation op-ed - sends Collins an email thanking him with a subject line that includes saying legendary AIDS activist Larry Kramer 'would be proud.'
Collins responds with a smiley face.
© TwitterA few days later, Collins emails Fauci a Washington Post op-ed he's quoted in headlined 'Proposal to hasten herd immunity to the coronavirus grabs White House attention but appalls top scientists'
© TwitterCollins is later thanked by Gregg Gonsalves, who wrote the op-ed trashing the GBD in The Nation
That would mean allowing people in low risk groups to go to offices, hang out in bars and restaurants and go to sporting and entertainment events.
The centerpiece of the declaration, according to Dr. Bhattacharya, is a call for increased focused protection of the vulnerable older population, who are more than a thousand times more likely to die from COVID infection than the young.
The declaration makes no mention of social distancing, masks, tracing, or long-term Covid cases but suggests that increased infection of those at lower risks would build herd immunity.
Comment: Epidemiology 101.
Bhattacharya tweeted in response to the emails: 'So now I know what it feels like to be the subject of a propaganda attack by my own government. Discussion and engagement would have been a better path.'
© Great Barrington DeclarationDrs Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University, Sunetra Gupta of Oxford University and Martin Kulldorff of Harvard University, the main authors of the Great Barrington Declaration
Biden will deliver a speech on Tuesday to announce new Covid measures to fight the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant.
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Earlier this month Biden announced a Covid plan to battle the virus throughout the colder months, which included booster shots for all adults, vaccinations for kids in efforts to keep schools open and expanding free at-home Covid testing.
As of Saturday morning, there were 830 cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant confirmed by DNA sequencing across the country, a 97 percent increase from Friday morning's tally.
In reality, the true number of Omicron cases is much higher, as only 1 to 2 percent of all cases are sequenced for variant markers, but the testing data shows a disturbing national trend.
The CDC estimates that Omicron accounts for at least 13 percent of all new cases in New York, which on Saturday recorded its highest single-day tally of new Covid-19 cases ever at 29,908 - breaking its previous record of 21,027 set just one day earlier.
'The winter Covid-19 surge is here,' warned New York Governor Kathy Hochul, urging everyone to get vaccinated and boosted.
Though New York's hospitalizations, which tend to lag new cases, remain below their peaks, they have climbed 25 percent in the past two weeks, straining the state's healthcare system.
Testing has now confirmed the presence of Omicron in every US state except for Oklahoma, Montana, North and South Dakota, Indiana, and Vermont, though the eventual confirmation of the highly transmissible variant in every state now seems assured.
The latest is the Omicron variant narrative, timed perfectly to provide cover for what will be happening this winter. The Fauci developed vaccine (Bioweapon) is going to result in a lot of death around the world this winter. So, to shift blame away from Pfizer, Fauci has had the definition of "fully vaccinated" changed to mean 2 shots, plus 28 days post booster. The change in definition is to control the narrative, and Biden played his part by publicly calling out all the "unvaccinated" as the ones who will get sick and possibly die this season. Again, when many people begin to die across the northern hemisphere this winter, practically all will be labeled UNVACCINATED - a complete lie. Fauci and his media lapdogs will shout from the rooftops that the unvaccinated are prolonging the pandemic.
Hopefully the people will not let them get away with it this time. Gates from Hell and Dr. Death Fauci must not belong to the future...