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Meanwhile,Atlas told Fox News thatPresident Bidens campaign promise to "defeat" COVID-19 was a "scientifically and medically incorrect" promise. ", "That was not implemented and instead, the Birx and Fauci lockdowns were implemented," Atlas said. These include the Imperial college study on Estimating the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in Europe by Bhatt et al., published on June 8, and from the University of California, Berkeley, The effects of large-scale anti-contagion policies on the COVID-19 pandemic, by Hsiang et al., that analyzed the lockdowns in six countries, including the US, noting that lockdowns had prevented over 60 million infections in April. [We] must do it. But most importantly, Atlas has warned that government must be careful not to endanger Americans with draconian lockdowns that curtail needed medical examinations, procedures and treatments. The children are not at risk at all, and we absolutely must re-open the schools, he added. 4 0 obj ", SCALISE SAYS GOP MEMO ON CLOSED-DOOR BIRX TESTIMONY CONFIRMS WORLD WAS 'MISLED' ON COVID. He falsely assured a complacent world that the virus was likely not transmissible between humans and did not warrant travel bans. This is not childs play, its life and death and the essence of Jewish law. Atlas has also warned that the available test data on COVID-19's infectiousness, spread and morbidity must be handled with care, given that those who feel sick are more like to get tested. "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. Like Fauci, Scott Atlas is an accomplished physician-scientist, as well as a health policy expert. He was a professor of radiology at Stanford University and chief of their neuroradiology section for over a decade. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. or redistributed. "People were dying including the known high-risk people, and the infection was not prevented from spreading, and meanwhile, the Birx-Fauci lockdowns and mandates and restrictions were enormously harmful, particularly on working-class families, and extremely destructive to our children. is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. 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 on May 25, Atlas co-authored an opinion piece in the Hill criticizing the lockdown as an overreaction, despite being well-intentioned.. Dr. Scott Atlas tells Americans not to panic as case numbers rise in the United States, Trump pushes college football amid cancellations, President Donald Trump is urging college football to continue its fall tradition on a day when the Big Ten and Pac-12, announced teams wont play this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. He hosts adult Jewish education classes twice each week on Zoom, and his weekly Keep the Faith podcast may be heard on Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, and Stitcher, among other sites. Michael R. Cohen is Chair and Associate Professor at the Department of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, where he holds a Sizeler Professorship and regularly teaches courses in American Jewish history. Atlas has had a distinguished career as one of world's top neuroradiologists. He has become a national expert on public health policy, especially in the cost-benefit We should never surrender our autonomy and capability to assess our risk tolerance to bureaucrats or the so-called expert class. 96 Wentworth Street Candidate in Experiential Education and Jewish Cultural Arts, George Washington University, Student Assistant Undergraduate, Tulane University, Center for Southern Jewish Culture Just as dangerous as the disease may be quarantine-related spikes in mental illness, substance abuse, child and spousal abuse, and depression from lost livelihoods. The phrase follow the science should never be uttered again by people who do not know actual data. This is about life and death and the essence of Jewish law.. It is not surprising that Stanford has become the center of reaction against efforts to contain and mitigate the pandemic. Do not intimidate or issue harsh condemnations of people just because you disagree with them. In the past, the AIER has published studies supporting the benefits of sweatshops to the economy and minimizing the risks posed by climate change. He is a frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials in the United States and in other countries. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. They were extra deaths due to the lockdowns.. 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. The Great Barrington Declaration is deliberately short on specifics, in order to make it more publicly appealing and accessible, in its words. A historian of American Judaism, she earned a PhD in religious studies from Yale University in 2015. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is known to the public for his past advocacy of the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act. It exemplifies the utter corruption of principles, where science conforms to political expediency instead of directing public policy in a humane and farsighted fashion. Baltimore Jewish Life | Dr. Scott Atlas Decries Ludicrous The fourth thing is the most important from our perspective: what Jewish law has to say about the other three. The opinions expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hoover Institution or Stanford University. I asked Dr. Scott Atlas at the 13th annual Freedom Conference hosted by the Steamboat Institute, a Colorado-based nonprofit organization. The Great Barrington Declaration is so-called because it was drafted at the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Mass., in early October. These experts, led by Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, relied on early epidemiological models to craft their policies for quarantining everyone instead of the sick and vulnerable. In a few easy steps create an account and receive the most recent analysis from Hoover fellows tailored to your specific policy interests. For questions, or more information, please contact us. Further, they argued that suicide and drug abuse numbers would rise and people would die because they forewent non virus-related medical treatment. Atlas asked. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Science doesnt exist in any other way.. ", 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 is the newest addition to the White House coronavirus task force and one who agrees with many of President Donald Trumps views, including the need to open all schools nationally this fall. She is the author ofJews onthe Frontier: Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America,winner of the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies and finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Emanuel has often weighed in on the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes in overly pessimistic fashion by suggesting that some acquired collective immunity and a viable vaccine were not likely to come soon. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, On "Hannity" Tuesday night, Atlas, a fellow at the Hoover Institute, said the point of life is not to be fearful and there is no reason to make it a "permanent part of American life. Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. How ironic that some critics fault Atlas for not following science, but they do so in a fashion that is completely well, unscientific. Get out there and play football. We learned that politicians who claimed their decisions were science-driven often ignored scientific findings that didnt fit certain political narratives. Its absolutely a national priority to educate our children, and there should be no doubt about that, Atlas said, reiterating that he believes children are unlikely to spread the virus to adults and teachers. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Helen is the author of several books, including ". He has not played down the dangers of COVID-19 but rather has reminded us to look at scientific data that often belies media sensationalism. "In order to counter Nancy, Deborah took the bait & hit us. After COVID-19 arrived in the U.S., Atlas consistently warned that government must follow science, not politics, in doing the least amount of harm to its people. Atlas also faulted leading scientific publications such as Nature and Lancet for playing important roles in enabling, encouraging, and enforcing the false narrative. In June, journalist Ian Birrell cited one source who estimated the publisher of Nature had sponsorship agreements worth millions of dollars from Chinese institutions. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Scott Atlas spent months behind the scenes at the Trump White House in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Atlas called for an investigation into the origins of the pandemic coronavirus. Google-owned YouTube also removed a 50-minute video of Atlass interview with the Hoover Institute. Our project had three co-directors, six visiting faculty, and eight additional presenters. They must stop, Atlas said. As he told CNN, Herd immunity is another word for mass murder. 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