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Epidemiologist Warns Of Unintended Consequences From Lockdowns
by Amanda Prestigiacomo
April 10, 2020
…“About 80% of the people need to have had contact with the virus, and the majority of them won’t even have recognized that they were infected, or they had very, very mild symptoms, especially if they are children.” “So, it’s very important to keep the schools open and kids mingling to spread the virus to get herd immunity as fast as possible, and then the elderly people, who should be separated, and the nursing homes should be closed during that time, can come back and meet their children and grandchildren after about 4 weeks when the virus has been exterminated,” he continued. Herd immunity, Wittkowski argued, would stop a “second wave” headed for the United States in the fall. READ MORE
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