{"id":5785,"date":"2020-06-01T17:07:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T22:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=5785"},"modified":"2020-06-01T17:07:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T22:07:31","slug":"covid-19-lockdown-lunacy-the-thinking-persons-guide-backed-by-science-and-facts-j-b-handley-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/covid-19-lockdown-lunacy-the-thinking-persons-guide-backed-by-science-and-facts-j-b-handley-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 Lockdown Lunacy: The Thinking Person&#8217;s Guide, Backed By Science and Facts- J.B. Handley blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jbhandleyblog.com\/home\/lockdownlunacy\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lockdown-Lunacy-Facemask.jpg\" alt=\"LOCKDOWN LUNACY: the thinking person's guide\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/jbhandleyblog.com\/home\/lockdownlunacy\">Lockdown Lunacy: the thinking person&#8217;s guide \u2014 j.b. handley blog<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fact #1: The Infection Fatality Rate for COVID-19 is somewhere between 0.07-0.20%, in line with seasonal flu.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #2: The risk of dying from COVID-19 is much higher than the average IFR for older people and those with co-morbidities, and much lower than the average IFR for younger healthy people, and nearing zero for children.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #3: People infected with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic (which is most people) do NOT spread COVID-19.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #4: Emerging science shows no spread of COVID-19 in the community (shopping, restaurants, barbers, etc.).<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #5: Published science shows COVID-19 is NOT spread outdoors.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #6: Science shows masks are ineffective to halt the spread of COVID-19, and The WHO recommends they should only be worn by healthy people if treating or living with someone with a COVID-19 infection.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #7: There\u2019s no science to support the magic of a six-foot barrier.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #8: The idea of locking down an entire society had never been done and has no supportable science, only theoretical modeling.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #9: The epidemic models of COVID-19 have been disastrously wrong, and both the people and the practice of modeling has a terrible history.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #10: The data shows that lockdowns have NOT had an impact on the course of the disease..<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #11: Florida locked down late, opened early, and is doing fine, despite predictions of doom.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #12: New York\u2019s above average death rate appears to be driven by a fatal policy error combined with aggressive intubations..<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #13: Public health officials and disease epidemiologists do NOT consider the other negative societal consequences of lockdowns.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #14: There is a predictive model for the viral arc of COVID-19, it\u2019s called Farr\u2019s Law, and it was discovered over 100 years ago.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #15: The lockdowns will cause more death and destruction than COVID-19 ever did.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Fact #16: All these phased re-openings are utter nonsense with no science to support them, but they will all be declared a success.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Lockdown Lunacy: the thinking person&#8217;s guide \u2014 j.b. handley blog &nbsp; Fact #1: The Infection Fatality Rate for COVID-19 is somewhere between 0.07-0.20%, in line with seasonal flu. Fact #2: The risk of dying from COVID-19 is much higher than the average IFR for older people and those with co-morbidities, and much lower than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/covid-19-lockdown-lunacy-the-thinking-persons-guide-backed-by-science-and-facts-j-b-handley-blog\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Covid-19 Lockdown Lunacy: The Thinking Person&#8217;s Guide, Backed By Science and Facts- J.B. 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