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The data is in — stop the panic and end the total isolation. Americans are now desperate for sensible policymakers who have the courage to ignore the panic and rely on facts.

Five key facts are being ignored by those calling for continuing the near-total lockdown:

1-The overwhelming majority of people do not have any significant risk of dying from COVID-19.

2-Protecting older, at-risk people eliminates hospital overcrowding.

3-Vital population immunity is prevented by total isolation policies, prolonging the problem.

4-People are dying because other medical care is not getting done due to hypothetical projections.

5-We have a clearly defined population at risk who can be protected with targeted measures.

Strictly protect the known vulnerable, self-isolate the mildly sick and open most workplaces and small businesses with some prudent large-group precautions. This would allow the essential socializing to generate immunity among those with minimal risk of serious consequence, while saving lives, preventing overcrowding of hospitals and limiting the enormous harms compounded by continued total isolation. Let’s stop underemphasizing empirical evidence while instead doubling down on hypothetical models. Facts matter.

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/494034-the-data-are-in-stop-the-panic-and-end-the-total-isolation?fbclid=IwAR2w4wM-70PAQ7wZydzP46kazXGZVtttKoki5eRWyr5GP1r9qimY0IrewhU#.XqEl0ODZ01U.facebook

COVID-19 Lethality Not Much Different Than Flu, Says New Study

Possible really good news from a population screening antibody test study in Santa Clara County, California–4.17.2020

"A hundred deaths out of 48,000-81,000 infections corresponds to an infection fatality rate of 0.12-0.2%," they report.* That's about the same infection fatality rate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates for seasonal influenza."

https://reason.com/2020/04/17/covid-19-lethality-not-much-different-than-flu-says-new-study/?fbclid=IwAR1QhBGW9gRqc9meeSBaWU0NMCDpdsaRQBXmodqiKx5D6nu9nBel6x7dDfY