Harvard, Oxford, Stanford doctors to speak on lockdowns and censorship at free online conference

 

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April 9, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Concerned Ontario Doctors, a grassroots group of frontline doctors, is hosting a free online conference discussing the harm of lockdowns, the dangers of censorship, and “a path forward” on Sunday, April 11 at 4 p.m. EDT.

 

Viewers can watch the premiere online at www.carenotcuts.ca. 

 

The panel features doctors from distinguished universities, with specialties in medicine, epidemiology, and biostatistics, including:

 

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, MD, Ph.D, Professor of Medicine at the University of Stanford, physician, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist

 

Dr. Sunetra Gupta, Ph.D, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at the University of Oxford.

 

Dr. Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Biostatistician. 

 

Bhattacharya is one of the original authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, which notes that “current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short- and long-term public health.” 

 

The Great Barrington Declaration argues:

 

The most compassionate approach that balances the risks and benefits of reaching herd immunity is to allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection, while better protecting those who are at highest risk. We call this Focused Protection. 

 

The declaration stresses that lockdown policies are producing “lower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, fewer cancer screenings and deteriorating mental health.” The declaration goes on to say that it is “a grave injustice” to keep kids out of school, because for them “COVID-19 is less dangerous than many other harms, including influenza.” 

 

Sunday’s discussion will be moderated by Dr. Richard Schabas, MD, MSHC, FRCPC, former chief medical officer of health for the province of Ontario. 

 

Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill, MD, FRCPC, president and co-founder of Concerned Ontario Doctors, will give the opening and closing addresses.

 

 

Source: Life Site News