He has reminded us that those under 65 rarely die from COVID-19, and that those infected who are younger than 20 usually do not show any serious symptoms. 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. In one of his inflammatory statements from April, he said, In the absence of immunization, society needs circulation of the virus, assuming high-risk people can be isolated. This has been the essence of the herd immunity policy that has had disastrous consequences for the population of those countries adhering to them. Atlas has refused to be silenced. "In order to counter Nancy, Deborah took the bait & hit us. or redistributed. 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? 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. Hoover Education Success Initiative | The Papers. In a taped message two weeks ago, Rabbi Baruch Meir Yaakov Shochet, the leader of the Karlin-Stolin chasidic sect, who recovered from of covid-19, minced no words in his defense of mask-wearing and social distancing. This is not childs play, its life and death and the essence of Jewish law. 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. 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. They have no credibility whatsoever when they get up and say, follow the science. Its clear many of them dont know the science, dont understand the science, and they are not using the science to make the recommendations., How can science and scientists recover from this trust deficit? His accounts of working in DC are shocking and enlightening for readers skeptical about federal suggestions on combating the pandemic. He also cited Dr. Scott Atlas as an excellent candidate given his years of policy work in support of Republican politicians, including Rudy Giuliani, as well as numerous articles citing his opposition to socialized medicine. Despite the high concentration of community transmission that has seen more than 50,000 new cases and over 1,000 deaths daily, the Trump administration falsely insists it is vital for the welfare of children to reopen schools and allow millions of students and teachers to face the consequences of the pandemic, a reckless policy supported by both the Democrats and Republicans. ", "That was not implemented and instead, the Birx and Fauci lockdowns were implemented," Atlas said. 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 Dr. Atlas, who has been busy making the media circuit among conservative outlets, always prefaces his comments with remarks about strictly adhering to science 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. Dr. Atlas is the author of numerous books, including A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America (Post Hill Press), In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on Americas Health Care System (Hoover Press), and Restoring Quality Health Care: A SixPoint Plan for Comprehensive Reform at Lower Cost (Hoover Press). On As immunity builds in the population, the risk of infection to allincluding the vulnerablefalls, the declaration states. Legal Statement. On Tuesday, Florida reported that more residents ages 25-to-44 died in July than in the previous four months, and there were more fatalities for people under 65 than those over 90. We are an incubator, YUs Sy Syms School of Business celebrates its 36th anniversary. All rights reserved. The Great Barrington Declaration is deliberately short on specifics, in order to make it more publicly appealing and accessible, in its words. He goes on to argue that the administration has not given economists warnings of irreversible economic consequences sufficient weight because he hadnt recruited skeptical medical scientists to counter advice provided by his present advisers. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. I visited only one single state when I was in Washington, and that was the state of Florida," Atlas said. For us, a belief in Christ is fundamental to the faith, not one of Copyright 2021 Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture, Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture. For Gods sake, he said, we cannot bend any of the rules, under any circumstances. A historian of American Judaism, she earned a PhD in religious studies from Yale University in 2015. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American people have been told to follow the science. Yet for a year and a half, theyve heard contradicting messages from self-appointed prophets of the science like Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As for people who are in high-risk categories, they are free to go back out into the world if they wish, while society as a whole enjoys the protection conferred upon the vulnerable by those who have built up herd immunity., Fauci calls the declaration nonsense. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. In response to his claims, in an article published on June 16, the authors Tracy Mayne (HIV epidemiologist at the NYC Department of Health) and Jeremy Mayer (Professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University) began to take apart Dr. Atlas economic calculations noting the use of outdates and statistically invalid figures for his computations. 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. He received his MD degree from the University of Chicago School of Medicine. Legal Statement. During a campaign call the day after Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on the CBS News program 60 Minutes on October 18, Trump said, this guy is a disaster, adding, People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots.. "They become less lethal. Candidate in Experiential Education and Jewish Cultural Arts, George Washington University, Student Assistant Undergraduate, Tulane University, Center for Southern Jewish Culture Unlock premium content, ad-free browsing, and access to comments for just $4/month. 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. Jewish law is very specific about what must be done. Yet the much-praised Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, has demonstrably weakened the effort to fight COVID-19. Her writings appear in other national media, including The Wall Street Journal and Fox News. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content. Do not intimidate or issue harsh condemnations of people just because you disagree with them. That is just not possible. Scott Atlas spent months behind the scenes at the Trump White House in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Scott Atlas is a world-renowned expert in health care policy and frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials. 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. Your gift helps advance ideas that promote a free society. In the private sector, Atlas is a frequent advisor to start-up entrepreneurs and companies in life sciences and medical technology. Atlas went on Fox News again this week to push for college football to resume, echoing Trumps recent public statements. The school openings this fall come at a critical intersection for Trump, who sees his reelection intimately tied to the state of the economy. People dont realize it is a tiny percentage of people that get sick. Heavy reached out to Atlas for comment, but did not immediately hear back. "My point is, Birx and Fauci were the most influential, visible faces of the White House, and issued federal guidance of broad restrictions, mandates, lockdowns, school closures, business closures, and those were implemented throughout almost the entire country the entire year, including before, during and after I left," Atlas said. When Trump confidante and supporter, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, ran as a Republican for president in 2007, Atlas worked on his policy team, advising him on health care and pushing for private-sector, consumer choice-focused policy, according to a release at Physicians for a National Health Program. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. What sets Hoover apart from all other policy organizations is its status as a center of scholarly excellence, its locus as a forum of scholarly discussion of public policy, and its ability to bring the conclusions of this scholarship to a public audience. White House pandemic adviser Scott Atlas speaks to reporters during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Sept. 23, 2020. 51H\[M&puBpQ0j*{iSC"b!%t@!N3_@aXw. And then Dr. Atlas argued there is no reason for youths and young adults to take the vaccine or booster shots 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." Atlas has refused to be silenced. 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. ;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 Megan Ranney, an emergency-medicine physician at Brown University, told the Business Insider website, I think that the number of deaths that were going to experience this fall and winter is going to dwarf what weve already been through., Fauci, the director of the American National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and leading member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, was interviewed by the BBC on Friday as the July of covid-19 record was being shattered. 2023 The Federalist, A wholly independent division of FDRLST Media. It exemplifies the utter corruption of principles, where science conforms to political expediency instead of directing public policy in a humane and farsighted fashion. That Tedros was the first WHO director not to have a medical degree was seldom cited by the media. According to the Mayo Clinic, of covid-19 has been shown to cause lasting damage to the heart muscle, even in people who experienced only mild of covid-19 symptoms. Long-term damage is being noted also in the lungs and the brain. Other scientists, such as the authors of The Great Barrington Declaration, have advocated for the same approach. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. 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. We know that all populations will eventually reach herd immunityi.e., the point at which the rate of new infections is stable., The most compassionate approach, it says, balances the risks and benefits of reaching herd immunity, which is to allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection, while better protecting those who are at highest risk.. 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. The country, he said, is rounding the turn, our numbers are incredible.. No reporters have questioned his epidemiological expertise despite his background as an oncologist specializing in breast cancer. Only the media would distort and diminish Dr. Atlas highly acclaimed career simply because he has come to serve the president, Deere said. We can never use the lockdown strategy again, Atlas emphasized. He has many great ideas, and he thinks what weve done is really good, and now we will take it to a new level., After butting heads with his medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci for several months and more recently upset by the warnings from Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House task force, about the consequences of the pandemic, the White House has turned to a stalwart of reaction. Children may be suffering irreparable harm from being locked down and kept out of school. Some reacted enthusiastically to him joining the task force in an official capacity. 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. Not to mince words, ultra-right talkshow host Rush Limbaugh said last week, Scott Atlas is now part of the coronavirus task force meeting with the President. You can reach him by e-mailing author@victorhanson.com. The phrase follow the science should never be uttered again by people who do not know actual data. 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. Dr. Scott Atlas, former member of the Trump COVID response team, said Americans need to ask what the "endpoint" is with the various COVID restrictions. 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.