# Am I missing something here? (re: reopening of bars, etc... now)

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [October 6, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356 "2020-10-06T17:27:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356/1363 "2021-11-10T03:15:05Z")

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> [@ralfy](#):
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> Interestingly enough, from two experts writing for _Newsweek_ :

> **[Who Are the Scientists Behind the Great Barrington Declaration?](https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/89204)**
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> All three have advocated against lockdown measures since the start of the pandemic

> **Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD**
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> Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine and economics at Stanford University, was an early vocal opponent of coronavirus lockdowns beginning in early March.
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> In a March 24 opinion piece published in the _Wall Street Journal_ when statewide lockdowns were beginning, Bhattacharya and a co-author [questioned the severity of the virus](https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-coronavirus-as-deadly-as-they-say-11585088464), stating that universal quarantines may not be worth the costs to the economy, social life, and population health.

> **Martin Kulldorff, PhD**
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> Kulldorff is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital who develops epidemiological and statistical models to detect infectious disease outbreaks. The epidemiologist has repeatedly said that restrictions for young and healthy people are unwarranted, as the risk of COVID-19 mortality is a thousand times higher for the elderly than it is for youth.
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> “While this is a very dangerous disease for the elderly, for children it’s much less dangerous than the annual flu,” Kulldorff [said in an August interview with _Contagion Live_](https://www.contagionlive.com/view/evaluating-age-based-coronavirus-strategies-martin-kulldorff). “And for people in their 20s and 30s, it’s not a dangerous disease at all.”

If you want to trust their opinions, knock yourself out.

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