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'You don't copy the losers,'
'You don't copy the losers,'
A provisional list of institutions and individuals who pushed “zero covid.”
A partial list of institutions and individuals who pushed the pernicious idea that you could “suppress” or “eradicate” SARS-CoV-2 with social measures follows.
Some of them have since apologised, but most of them are carrying on, pretending nothing happened, all is sweetness and light, the birds are singing in the trees, pigs are flying, and hopefully, they think we will all forget what they instigated.
Listing on this post is not dictated by the fact that some of the names launched personal attacks on us; we are not the Count of Monte Cristo out for revenge.
We include the names because, despite their impressive credentials (in some cases), it was quite clear to us by April 8, 2020, that zero covid was pie in the sky. Poisoned pie. You cannot suppress an endemic respiratory virus, at least not until you have understood its ecology and routes of transmission. Neither of these boxes has been ticked.
The acceptance or pushing of this folly had two catastrophic consequences. First, it gave backing to restrictions. Second, some or most created a witch hunt climate in which few people felt like knuckling down and studying what was going on, thus missing the golden opportunities the situation presented to solve some of the riddles.
Third, those listed below showed crass ignorance of respiratory viral epidemiology, and they are likely to approach other topics with the same facile attitude in the future: small hands, long tongue. So here we go in no particular order (with thanks to the source in brackets):
Deborah Birx from minute 7.25
The Australian government (Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews).
Zero Covid (Stéphane Bilodeau, Dr. Malgorzata Gasperowicz, Karl Parkinson) Dr. Irfan Dhalla
Dr. Andrew Morris, author of the immortal quote, “You're not going to be a winner if you follow the losers. You go and try and replicate, or at least figure out, what the winners do. And right now, we're pursuing a losing strategy.”
Attendees of the conference for Zero Covid Supporters of Covid Action UK (formerly known as Zero Covid UK)
UK Zero Covid conference attendees: Jeremy Corbyn MP, Diane Abbott MP and Jeremy Hunt MP
‘Zero Covid’ Catastrophe: Participating Nations See New Records Across the Board:
Jordan Schachtel – July 16, 2021: American Institute for Economic Research
America’s Coronavirus Endurance Test. To defeat the virus, we will have to start thinking in years, not months.
Howard Markel - August 6, 2020: The New Yorker
Anatomy of the Hong Kong Disaster
Ian Miller - March 19, 2022: Brownstone Institute
Inside Shanghai’s Zero Covid Camp
UNHERD NEWS - April 7, 2022:
Coping With ‘Zero Covid’ Our correspondent takes you inside Shanghai’s Covid lockdown.
Ian Prasad Philbrick, May 19, 2022, New York Times
Trudeau needs a COVID-19 Emergency Order. Here’s how to do it.
Amir Attaran is a biomedical scientist, lawyer, and professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. Macleans
Lancet 2020; published online Oct 14.
Signatories of the John Snow memorandum (“MORE THAN 6,900 scientists, researchers & healthcare professionals”)
Endorsers of the John Snow memorandum
Honourable mention to the APPG on Coronavirus, chaired by Layla Moran MP? A group that has now folded despite being well-funded
The Guardian: Saving lives or UK economy from Covid a 'false choice', MPs warn
Conservative MP Dan Poulter, vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for coronavirus, said: “The OECD data is very concerning and helps show the danger of thinking that the coronavirus pandemic presents us with a binary choice between saving the economy or saving lives.
“This is a false dichotomy, and the truth is that minimising community transmission will allow a faster and stronger economic recovery. This is why the APPG on coronavirus has been pushing government to aim to reduce Covid-19 transmission to as close to zero as possible in preparation for the difficult winter months ahead.
Depressingly, even Sponge Bob pushed for lockdown: RUN EVERYBODY RUN MONSTER.
If you have any additions to the list, or if we have made any mistakes, we'd welcome comments.
'You don't copy the losers,'
Yes, it isn't now linking
Does the following meet the criteria?
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases/2020/04/gates-foundation-expands-commitment-to-covid-19-response-calls-for-international-collaboration
"The foundation will work with partners to help expand access to social payment systems to communities that are most at risk of serious social and economic disruption due to public health measures undertaken to suppress COVID-19 transmission."
I would add Google, Facebook and Twitter and certain journalists to the list for setting their algorithms to allow this misinformation and disinformation to spread like a respiratory virus and reset societal norms.