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Georgia Ends Shutdown

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp shows courage to do what appears prudent given the numbers, regardless of what critics and the media say. His executive order that placed the state under a lockdown with few exceptions, was already supposed to expire on April 3rd, but was extended until the end of the month, damaging many citizens’ trust in their elected officials’ words. Now, Kemp is finally convinced that there is more hospital capacity than required to stem any potential demand due to the Wuhan-Coronavirus and promised to do the only right thing under that circumstance: let the order expire. The fact that he appears to remain steadfast despite massive criticism, deserves respect. Hopefully other governor’s and mayor’s will follow his example.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/25/with-26-million-unemployed-partially-opening-georgias-economy-is-a-good-start/

Swedish Epidemiologist Johan Giesecke on why Lockdowns are the Wrong Policy

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One country refused to put its citizens under house arrest or place any other mandatory restrictions on its population to fight the coronavirus: Sweden. Its success story is impressive and provides a role model for other countries. A look at the data shows how right Sweden was and wrong the overreaction of most other countries was.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/18/swedish_epidemiologist_johan_giesecke_why_lockdowns_are_the_wrong_policy.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=mixi&utm_campaign=realclearpolitics

The Data is in: Stop the Panic and end the Isolation

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Stanford medical expert Dr. Scott Atlas, M.D., takes an objective look at the numbers. Analyzing the data we have thus far, he comes to the conclusion that the risk of Covid-19 was dramatically overstated and that the total isolation imposed by many governments in response, is actually counterproductive. He provides some reasonable steps to take instead, now that we know more.

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/494034-the-data-are-in-stop-the-panic-and-end-the-total-isolation

Proof That Lockdowns are Counterproductive: Sweden

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As many countries and states deprived their citizens of basic civil liberties to “flatten the curve”, and then kept these restrictions in place, even after they passed the peak, Sweden decided to remain open. No lockdowns, no house arrest, no mandated business closures. Instead, the Swedish government treated Swedish citizens like adults. Now Sweden is better off than countries that opted to shut down. A role model for the rest of the world and encouragement that we can actually afford to reopen without a painful slow transition and a sinister “new normal.”

https://spectator.us/swedish-experiment-paying-off/

Why The Shutdown Can And Must End Immediately

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If we look at the numbers for a moment and leave fear aside, it becomes obvious that the Wuhan-virus is no worse than the 2017-2018 flu. The draconian violations of people’s civil liberties and the unprecedented destruction of small businesses were entirely based on exaggerated and faulty models. Now that we know the actual numbers, it is time to stop making things worse.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/04/david-deming/why-the-shutdown-must-end/

Tennesseeans Stand up Against Destruction of Their State

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Demonstrations to free Tennessee drew large crowds across the state, despite rainy weather. More events are planned this week on Wednesday 4/22 at 10am, Saturday 4/25 at 1pm and Monday 4/27 at 10am at the State Capitol in Nashville.

Last week, Governor Lee had extended an executive order, which was supposed to expire last Tuesday. The order forces businesses across the state to shut down and limits people’s freedom of movement.

The original justification for the first order was to “flatten the curve”, i.e. ensure that not too many Tennesseans would overrun hospitals at the same time. However, Tennessee passed the peak last week, while hospitals are empty and some even laid off staff due to low demand. Tennessee had over three times the number of ICU beds and ventilators needed for the peak. Nevertheless, the executive order was extended for a longer period than the initial order, causing countless businesses to go bankrupt and jobs to be lost, every day the order stays in effect.

Now, Tennesseans are voicing their discontent with this overreach.

https://tennesseestar.com/2020/04/20/freetn-event-draws-hundreds-to-state-capitol-in-nashville-over-stay-at-home-order-extension/

Herd Immunity Within Reach – 1 in 3 Test Positive for Covid-19 ANTIBODIES in Pilot Massachusetts Street Study

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Tests of random individuals in Massachusetts who did not have symptoms, show that a third have already been infected with the Wuhan-virus and have formed antibodies, without getting sick. Hence, roughly a third of the population there is already immune, long before a vaccine has been developed. This is promising news as it shows that herd immunity is developing quicker than was believed so far. It also reveals how counterproductive the devastating lockdowns are.

https://www.rt.com/usa/486235-massachusetts-covid-19-antibody-study/