This is regarding the Sars-CoV-2 Virus and the Covid-19 disease. Below is a list of links to some of the “alternative” voices or points of view regarding the various governments’ use of “one size fits all”, “heavy-handed” approach to minimize impact of the virus and potential disease. The general theme in these alternative viewpoints is that the current public health response (as of March 2020), is not evidence-based/data-driven and may likely end up causing a much larger public health crisis/disaster secondary to the major economic recession or economic depression we will very-likely experience.
March 13 Michael Lin (Stanford) self-published opinion slideshow/article
March 17 Paul Offit, MD (U of PA) YouTube Interview
March 17 John Ionnidis (Stanford) opinion piece/article (we are not using good data to inform public policy)
March 20 Aaron Gee (Viral internet activity expert) Detailed Analysis of Published Data
March 21 Atul Gawande, MD article in New Yorker (promoting a more focal approach)
March 23 Paul Offit (again) on Canadian Medical Podcast
March 23 Zubin Damania, MD YouTube Opinion Vlog (advocating more focal approach)
March 24 James Chestnut, MSc. DC Facebook Post
March 24 Web Article re. Sweden’s More-focused/less draconian response to this virus
March 24 Eline van den Broek-Altenburg, PhD/Adam Atherly, PhD. Opinion Piece
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