Share this page!

Great Barrington Declaration Profile picture
Twitter logo
21 Dec, 6 tweets, 2 min read
1. Negative Media coverage of C19 has fuelled hysteria and misinformation.

Help combat the negative news trend - share this positive information.

Good News about Covid19

**The case fatality rate from the virus has dropped sharply since March.**tinyurl.com/y8q3xzyx
2. **The infection survival rate is 99.95 percent for people under 70 and 95 percent for people over 70.** marktaliano.net/publication-bu…
3. **Hospitals are much better equipped to handle patients, with improved ventilator protocols** wlbt.com/2020/07/08/new…
4. **Hospitals have improved management of outpatients **
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
5. **We have new therapeutic strategies to provide relief and recoveries**
forbes.com/sites/christos…
6.The neglect of the good COVID news breeds panic and fear, which is never a good public health strategy. The public should know that the pandemic will not be here forever. thehill.com/opinion/health…

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Great Barrington Declaration

Great Barrington Declaration Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @gbdeclaration

Great Barrington Declaration Profile picture
22 Dec
1. Lockdown Harms -#cancer

This year many countries have experienced reduced access to a fully functional healthcare system. Whilst it is difficult to forecast the harms and deaths that will result from this, we are beginning to see more data on this as we progress into 2021. Image
2.

It is becoming clear that one of the biggest threats to public health in the years ahead is that of cancer patients and cancer services. A report from @Carnall_Farrar - The Disruption and recovery of cancer from Covid 19.tinyurl.com/ybpp4v4k noted that
3. “The major disruptions to the cancer pathway have effectively stopped cancer screening, reduced referrals by more than 40%, and as a consequence have impacted considerably on cancer diagnosis and treatment, (including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy).”
Read 10 tweets
Great Barrington Declaration Profile picture
12 Dec
1. The harms of lockdown are unequally distributed. Economists have found that only 37% of jobs in the US can be performed wholly on-line, and high-paying jobs are overrepresented among that set.
2. Declaring janitors, store clerks, meat packers, postal workers, and other blue-collar workers as "essential" workers in most states, regardless of whether they qualify as high COVID mortality risk, the lockdowns have failed to shield the vulnerable in these occupations.
3.The economic dislocation from the lockdowns has increased the number of households where young adults who have lost their jobs co-reside with vulnerable older parents which may increase the risk of COVID-related death.
Read 4 tweets
Great Barrington Declaration Profile picture
10 Dec
1. We are resolute in our criticism of the #lockdown response to #Covid19

There is a growing body of evidence-based studies that show the collateral damage being caused by the current approach is causing devastating harm that will be felt for years ahead.
2.Since March 2020 #cancer screening has been suspended, routine diagnostic work deferred, and only urgent symptomatic cases prioritised for diagnostic intervention. thelancet.com/journals/lanon…
3.The pandemic has resulted in an inflation in acute #cardiovascular deaths. heart.bmj.com/content/early/…
Read 12 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @gbdeclaration has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @gbdeclaration!

Read all threads by @gbdeclaration