Am I dreaming? Atlas has been a consistent voice downplaying the coronavirus pandemic, supporting the opening of all schools in the fall and insisting that citizens shouldnt panic over recent spikes in deaths. 51H\[M&puBpQ0j*{iSC"b!%t@!N3_@aXw. Full coverage and live updates on the Coronavirus, This is a BETA experience. Blaze host Steve Deace called Atlas our Obi-Wan Kenobi and our only hope.. ;A#bB^+x7^bvn9u#[Ibqf!dF\*V_v30N+4_pftV13jxKY {a>6I.V]gEH%Q'FtC6/ et.=uIe*l}[% ~NFiRKHm YVSNK H{pZ 6:24xdL`K@q^P02%lB#_%y(a]` P$4a0Bx.~>/Aw'{9/sv==$h;>:~*>T>~Icy~e=*1te/Azf;0=WWjpy!t\lu?sx:jXd;u$v>'$$MAF}=hB?i`5o. As the Karlin-Stolin rebbe said about following the COVID-19 rules, so it is here. Dr. Ioannidis is the credited author of the now very discredited Santa Clara study that has been severely berated for its flawed analysis and unethical conduct. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Dr. Deborah Birx, also part of the coronavirus task force, has been largely spared Trump's ire, but on August 3, Trump tweeted criticism of her characterization of the pandemic being "extraordinarily widespread" in the U.S. "So Crazy Nancy Pelosi said horrible things about Dr. Deborah Birx, going after her because she was too positive on the very good job we are doing on combatting the China Virus, including Vaccines & Therapeutics," Trump tweeted. Now many scientists accept that the WIV lab-leak theory is just as probable as the natural origin theory. His medical credentials will now allow Trump to align his policy with medical advice.. So why -- other than politics -- is there now a concerted media attack on Dr. Scott Atlas, an adviser to the Trump administration on COVID-19 policy? I visited only one single state when I was in Washington, and that was the state of Florida," Atlas said. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Ultimately, Atlas said, the most important lesson to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic is that individuals must take responsibility for their own health-related decisions. In an interview with former Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona, Dr. Atlas spewed many unsubstantiated facts and calling actions that attempt to contain the virus as causing more harm or deaths. Information on his classes and podcast is available at www.shammai.org. Scott Atlas spent months behind the scenes at the Trump White House in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. He has a lot to say about how the scientific field and Americans trust in it have been tremendously harmed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Holding a Bachelors of Science from the University of Illinois and a Masters from the University of Chicago School of Medicine, Atlas is a frequent Fox News guest, who echoes many of Trumps beliefs about COVID-19, and was added to the task force this week, CNN reported. Scott Morefield (@SKMorefield) August 10, 2020. Can it be, he wondered, that some [people] have forgotten the simple laws of pikuach nefesh, which is the basis of Judaism? He investigates the role of "Hes working with us and will be working with us on the coronavirus. Trump declared: The gentlemen, this is Scott Atlas he is working with us and will be working with us on the coronavirus. Atlas has indeed echoed President Trumps concerns about the cure being worse than the disease when it comes to coronavirus protections and lockdowns almost word-for-word. %PDF-1.3 The notion of herd immunity as proposed by the Great Barrington Declaration and as supported by President Trump and his non-expert Scott Atlas will lead to many more deaths if it becomes U.S. policyand it will become policy if Trump is re-elected. ", He added that it is "important for people to know that we, as a society, in the United States alone, experience roughly 50,000 deaths per year from influenza, and we have accepted that without any fear or other maneuvers or social restrictions. Dr. Scott Atlas comments on Austria imposing a nationwide coronavirus lockdown and the FDA approving booster vaccines. By last Friday, as well, the countrys seven-day average of new daily cases exceeded 63,000, which represented an 84 percent increase since cases began to rise again in mid-September. And on May 12, Atlas said in a Fox News appearance that politicians are being sort of medically naive themselves by investing in the bizarre notion of stopping [coronavirus] at all costs. He criticized the national lockdowns as an overreaction. Some reacted enthusiastically to him joining the task force in an official capacity. Dr. Atlas has received many awards and accolades from leading institutions and societies all over the world in recognition of his leadership in policy and medicine. Her writings appear in other national media, including The Wall Street Journal and Fox News. Scott Atlas Education. 4 0 obj It then surfaced in The Daily Mail that Peter Daszak, president of Eco Health Alliance, orchestrated a group of scientists to write the letter without disclosing the EHAs close financial ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). WebAn icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. His accounts of working in DC are shocking and enlightening for readers skeptical about federal suggestions on combating the pandemic. Stanford University, a world-renowned institution with endowments of more than $27 billion, has established itself as one of the wealthiest private schools in America. On May 25, in an opinion piece for the Hill, Dr. Atlas wrote, Although well-intentioned, the lockdown was imposed without consideration of its consequences beyond those directly from the pandemic. That Tedros was the first WHO director not to have a medical degree was seldom cited by the media. Fauci for his part has endorsed in-person instruction if a county has the virus under control and puts in place safety measures. He is a frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials in the United States and in other countries. (Aug. 11) Subscribe for more Breaking News: smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: apnews.com Twitter: twitter.com/AP Facebook: facebook.com/APNews Google+: plus.google.com/115892241801867723374 Instagram: instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this, according to the Christian Science Monitor, release at Physicians for a National Health Program, Sean Feucht: Worship Leader Holds Portland Gathering to Protest Masks. Despite Ioannidis claim that the virus posed a low risk to the population, several studies published in the following two months indicated that the lockdowns were highly effective in halting the progress of the virus, preventing millions of infections and saving millions of lives. "Dr. Birx as Task Force Coordinator, capitalized, wrote all the guidance to every single state for six months before I was in Washington, and after, Birx visited dozens of states and met personally with all the governors and their local public health officials. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, retired National Park Service interpreter and community historian, Intern M.Ed. Specifically, he referred to the works of professors Jay Bhattacharya, Eran Bendavid, and John Ioannidis of the Stanford University Medical School, who had published the deeply flawed Santa Clara study, funded in part by David Neeleman, the founder of the JetBlue Airways, a vocal opponent of lockdowns. Dr. Scott Atlas at the Aug. 10 coronavirus press briefing at the White House. He had criticized Romney in 2007 over his healthcare plan while supporting New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's bid for president. Conflicting information, guidance, competing egos, and what he says is a poor understanding of the science dominated the Covid task force, led by Dr. Anthony Fauci. And he is countering Fauci., White House sources told CNN that Dr. Atlas had been informally advising Trump for many weeks after Trump saw him speaking on Fox News, echoing the Presidents position on school reopening and general skepticism toward the pandemic and the presidents medical experts. "It is contrary to medical science to say something like that because you cannot defeat the virus," Atlas said. Not just this year, but every year.. "And this reinforces the misconception that we can eradicate the virus by these various mitigation measures, and thats not how biology works. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! Atlas offers additional advice on how to prepare for the next pandemic based on lessons learned from COVID-19 in his upcoming new book, A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America, which is available for preorder now. All rights reserved. We can never use the lockdown strategy again, Atlas emphasized. Join now to unlock comments, browse ad-free, and access exclusive content from your favorite FDRLST writers, Helen Raleigh, CFA, is an American entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. Shari Rabin was assistant professor of Jewish studies in theYaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Program and director of the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Cultureuntil summer 2019, when she became assistant professor of Jewish studies and religion at Oberlin College. The statement submitted by Ioannidis cautioned the president against shutting down the country for a very long time and jeopardizing so many lives in doing this. However, these recommendations were based on little more than intuition and inflated scientific credentials. Dr. Atlas analysis of the USs COVID-19 response is masterful. WebDr. Adopting the declarations proposals, she said, would require keeping that 40 percent of the population (131.3 million Americans) away from the 60 percent of people (209 million Americans) in the lower risk categories. Virtually every health professional and infectious disease expert says the worst is yet to come. According to Scott Atlas, the most controversial member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force and the one most trusted by Trumphe is a neuroradiologist, From July to December, 2020, he served as a Special Advisor to the President and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Atlas is a fellow at the Hoover Institute a Stanford University think tank founded in 1939 by President Herbert Hoover to fight counter communist influence in the While researchers are still studying the effects of the virus on children, a study published in JAMA Pediatrics in July found children carry as much or more of the infection in their noses and throats compared to adults, while a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contact tracing study found young people between ages 10 and 19 years old are more likely to spread the coronavirus in households, where other family members may be more susceptible to severe symptoms. The misinformation, lack of action, and utter disregard for human life as espoused by the White Houses response to the pandemic have led to over five and a half million unnecessary COVID-19 infections and over 170,000 deaths. White House spokesman Judd Deere preemptively defended Atlas, a world renowned physician and scholar of advanced medical care and health care policy, and his place on the task force when CNN reached out to him. Science is only about data and the scientific process. Many more principled epidemiologists quickly came out to oppose the policy of herd immunity, as applied to the uncontrolled spread of the pandemic, explaining that even a fatality rate of 0.5 to 1 percent would lead to the deaths of millions, to say nothing of other effects on health associated with the disease. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2020. And then Dr. Atlas argued there is no reason for youths and young adults to take the vaccine or booster shots His publications and interviews have appeared worldwide. The news media until recently had rarely criticized the medical advice of experts -- especially those who worked for federal bureaucracies, international organizations or elite universities. (See the Babylonian Talmud tractate Sanhedrin 74a. We Have A Lifestyle Crisis, If You Take The Elevator To The Second Floor, You Dont Deserve Legs, With 3D Body-Image Avatars And Fake Voices For Trans People, Bidens NIH Goes To New Extremes, Bidens DHS Just Revealed How It Plans To Use Your Tax Dollars To Interfere In U.S. Although he now advises 77-year-old presidential candidate Joe Biden, Emanuel once wrote an article for The Atlantic titled "Why I hope to die at 75," contending that that life after age 75 is, and should be, mostly over -- now an eerie idea in a time of a pandemic that targets the elderly. The one-page declaration proposes what it calls a Focused Protection approach to battling the pandemic. The phrase follow the science should never be uttered again by people who do not know actual data. He has served as senior advisor for health policy to several candidates for President, as well as having counselled members of the US Congress on health care, testified before Congress, and briefed directors of key federal agencies. Dr. Scott Atlas is the newest addition to the White House coronavirus task force, who agrees with many of President Trump's views, including the need to open all schools. ", He added: "So I said, of course, yes, asa health policy expert for the past decade and a with an extensive background in medical science and in solving complex, complicated medical issues with the appropriate policies, I said yes. xkuW`v. People dont realize it is a tiny percentage of people that get sick. % The death toll is likely to keep going up even after the next few weeks. In the past, the AIER has published studies supporting the benefits of sweatshops to the economy and minimizing the risks posed by climate change. The United States, he said, is actually going in the wrong direction. The data, he said, speak for themselves., That data, according to Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, shows that the deaths are going to go up precipitously in the next three to four weeks.. Atlas has had a distinguished career as one of world's top neuroradiologists. Dr. Atlas received a BS degree in biology from the University of Illinois in UrbanaChampaign and an MD degree from the University of Chicago School of Medicine. Atlas has recently appeared as a guest on Trump's preferred news channel, Fox, calling on school districts and colleges to open their doors for in-person instruction and railing against the "frenzy" around mass testing. This has been one giant slow-motion train wreck. Sheila Jasanoff, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School who studies the role of science in politics, told Buzzfeed, It creates the impression that the work that the scientists are intending to do will be shaped by a political purpose, maybe even before they have started doing the work.. If you allow this virus to spread, we are looking at 2 to 6 million Americans dead. With its eminent scholars and world-renowned library and archives, the Hoover Institution seeks to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity, while securing and safeguarding peace for America and all mankind. Trump said he knew nothing about the identity or motives of the person shot, but when asked if the person had been armed, answered: "From what I understand, the answer is yes." It is not surprising that Stanford has become the center of reaction against efforts to contain and mitigate the pandemic. The president was abruptly ushered out of the press event and black-clad secret service agents with automatic rifles rushed across the lawn north of the White House. In addition, there were more than 1,800 deaths attributed to covid-19 over the two days, pushing the death toll over 225,000. These financial losses have been falsely portrayed as purely economic. Surrounded by the worlds largest tech firms, Google, Apple, and Facebook, firms created for the most part by former students, it has given birth to Silicon Valleyhome to 74 billionaires. "The Biden administrations problem is they continued this sort of irrational, erratic policy of denying what we know which is that the virus is going to spread regardless of the shutdowns. AT THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO! The first three actually go hand in hand, as will be explained. It attacks old people, especially old people with bad hearts and diabetes., At an Aug. 11 White House coronavirus press briefing, Trump reiterated the point, also adding, Hopefully a lot of great people are going to be out there playing football, and theyre going to be able to fight it off, and most of them will never get it, statistically, he said. So I think that we just got to look that square in the eye and say its nonsense., William Haseltine, who founded Harvard Universitys cancer and HIV/AIDS research departments, was more direct in his assessment. Atlas is a fellow at the Hoover Institute a Stanford University think tank founded in 1939 by President Herbert Hoover to fight counter communist influence in the world, according to the Christian Science Monitor. 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