University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, retired National Park Service interpreter and community historian, Intern M.Ed. 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. or redistributed. Besides causing health issues, the lockdowns have enormous economic costs, especially for poor people and developing countries. Pinch me. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. 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. A study by researchers at the University of Washingtons Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, coincidentally published last Friday in the journal Nature Medicine, projects that the death toll may exceed 500,000 by February, with the potential for being double that by then, meaning more than a million deaths by February, if mask-wearing and social distancing regulations are relaxed. Sxd/e)qn{No%MEQC XJxU They are violating the Torahs command not to stand idly by when someones life is in danger. Working with McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina, she developed the travelling exhibition A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life (2002-03) and co-edited a book by the same name. 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The misinformation, lack of action, and utter disregard for human life as espoused by the White Houses response to the pandemic have led to over five and a half million unnecessary COVID-19 infections and over 170,000 deaths. It is not surprising that Stanford has become the center of reaction against efforts to contain and mitigate the pandemic. 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. People who refuse to follow the rules, he said, showed contempt for the lives of others. "They become less lethal. Shammai Engelmayer is rabbi emeritus of Congregation Beth Israel of the Palisades. Though the meeting never took place, shortly after receiving this letter at the end of March, Trump suddenly announced during one of his coronavirus task force briefs that he had set Easter as the date to reopen the country after the nation had just entered into lockdown. Concern for life takes precedence over 99.5 percent of the Torahs 613 commandmentsand certainly takes precedence over talmudic decrees. Yet the much-praised Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, has demonstrably weakened the effort to fight COVID-19. Atlas also wrote a leading radiology textbook that has been translated into three other languages and is in its fourth edition, according to his Stanford profile. 4 0 obj ;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. Full coverage and live updates on the Coronavirus, This is a BETA experience. Described on his Stanford bio as someone who "investigates the impact of government and the private sector" on healthcare and medical technology and innovation, Atlas joined Mitt Romney's campaign for president in 2012 as a healthcare adviser. B.R'%m[6 YD#CWMk}XWXnPSfi eRS2IR?7Y [by j&R b& Dr. Atlas has received many awards and accolades from leading institutions and societies all over the world in recognition of his leadership in policy and medicine. The notion of herd immunity as proposed by the Great Barrington Declaration and as supported by President Trump and his non-expert Scott Atlas will lead to many more deaths if it becomes U.S. policyand it will become policy if Trump is re-elected. A BuzzFeed expose published on July 24 explains that during the initial phases of the outbreaks throughout the US, Dr. Ioannidis attempted to organize a meeting with the White House and bring an elite group of scientists to persuade Trump that locking the country down would pose serious dangers. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Science is not supposed to be about intimidating, countering interpretation of data, or abusing, or censoring data, Atlas said. I visited only one single state when I was in Washington, and that was the state of Florida," Atlas said. 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. Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist Michael Levitt of Stanford, along with several stellar Stanford epidemiologists, have been praised worldwide for their careful critiques of often media-generated misconceptions -- especially on the overreliance on COVID-19 positive test data to calibrate viral prevalence and morbidly. She is the author of Jews on the Frontier: Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth Located on the campus of Stanford University and in Washington, DC, the Hoover Institution is the nations preeminent research center dedicated to generating policy ideas that promote economic prosperity, national security, and democratic governance. Additionally, while the risk is lower, young people can still die to Covid-19. The esteemed Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has given conflicting advice on the use of masks, quarantining and the methods of viral transmission. Are COVID lockdowns really effective? Calling the debate around reopening schools "irrational," Atlas said during his Fox appearance that "people are kidding themselves" if they believe testing is valuable and seemed to criticize the practice of quarantining asymptomatic carriers of the virus if they test positive, though studies have shown the virus can be spread by people not exhibiting symptoms. This idea that we have the power to protect the vulnerable is total nonsense, because history has shown that thats not the case, he said. In addition, there were more than 1,800 deaths attributed to covid-19 over the two days, pushing the death toll over 225,000. One of those invited to the meeting with Trump was Dr. David L. Katz who wrote an opinion piece on March 20, in the New York Times headlined, Is our fight against coronavirus worse than the disease? Katz was the expert cited by the reactionary Times columnist, Thomas Friedman who coined the slogan, the cure should not be worse than the disease. Dr. Katz, who has promoted the fraud science of homeopathy and energy medicine, endorsed the prospect of herd immunity and a precise surgical strikethe perspective that was the basis of the Swedish catastrophewhereby only the most vulnerable would be isolated and the young allowed to be exposed. Powered by. ), As the Talmud says elsewhere (see Sanhedrin 59a), we are meant to live by Gods laws, not die by them. That includes doing anything we can do to save a life because we must not stand idly by when another persons life is in danger. When more scientists come forward, there hopefully will be a reversal of that [trust deficit]. 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. And on May 25, Atlas co-authored an opinion piece in the Hill criticizing the lockdown as an overreaction, despite being well-intentioned.. The first three are herd immunity, the Great Barrington Declaration, and mass murder., Northern New Jerseys Jewish Voice Since 1931, Israel Unfiltered: The future of meeting up in person, We are more than a choir. Dr. Scott Atlas joined Stuart Varney on Varney and Co. to discuss the COVID crisis. 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. [We] must do it. The first three actually go hand in hand, as will be explained. WebAn icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. The administration has particularly taken aim at Fauci. 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. It then surfaced in The Daily Mail that Peter Daszak, president of Eco Health Alliance, orchestrated a group of scientists to write the letter without disclosing the EHAs close financial ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). A Stanford University epidemiologist, Yvonne Maldonado, noted that 40 percent of Americans have an elevated risk of dying from of covid-19. Twitter took down his tweet that questioned the effectiveness of masks. This is not childs play, its life and death and the essence of Jewish law. It also advocates fully reopening restaurants and other businesses, as well as all cultural activities. % Dr. Atlas, who has been busy making the media circuit among conservative outlets, always prefaces his comments with remarks about strictly adhering to science and data behind the issues, before diving into a tirade against proponents of lockdowns and school closures. Atlas is closely connected with Dr. John Ioannidis, Professor of Medicine, Health Research and Policy, and of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University School of Medicine, whose attempt to play an advisory role in Trumps administration COVID-19 response, discussed below, cannot be understated. He is also the editor of "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine" the leading textbook in the field, translated into several languages, and now in its 5th edition. Tucker: You had essentially the entire Administrative state. In the private sector, Atlas is a frequent advisor to start-up entrepreneurs and companies in life sciences and medical technology. Yet such inconsistency is either ignored or chalked up by the media to the usual learning curve of dealing with a new epidemic. Tucker discusses much of Dr. Birx and her dishonest and potentially criminal actions and her arch enemy Dr. Scott Atlas who many agree saved the world. He investigates the role of They allege that he has downplayed the lethality of the virus, implying that he is aiding the administration's efforts to ease out of the quarantine. Conservative lawmakers and commentators including Trump himself have long been critical of Dr. Faucis advice to the president and characterized him as an alarmist. His book, A Plague Upon Our House, is an important and earnest account of his experience during that brief but critical time. "It has been known for almostmore than a year and a half now that the virus spreads regardless of these lockdown policies," Atlas said. On the other hand, Trump is so blinded by the false science that he is oblivious to what even a real idiot should be able to see. Your gift helps advance ideas that promote a free society. During the critical initial weeks of the virus's spread, Tedros parroted Chinese propaganda. Not just this year, but every year.. His accounts of working in DC are shocking and enlightening for readers skeptical about federal suggestions on combating the pandemic. Helen is the author of several books, including ". International Committee of the Fourth International, COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic, Join the fight to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Atlas analysis of the USs COVID-19 response is masterful. 'lQa'g Baltimore Jewish Life | Dr. Scott Atlas Decries Ludicrous 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. In the past, the AIER has published studies supporting the benefits of sweatshops to the economy and minimizing the risks posed by climate change. 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. 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. How can we do a better job of fighting back the next time our ruling class tries to send us into crisis mode? Dr. Scott Atlas has supported Trumps policies on masks, opening the economy and calling for school reopening. 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. The one-page declaration proposes what it calls a Focused Protection approach to battling the pandemic. He has a lot to say about how the scientific field and Americans trust in it have been tremendously harmed during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has become a national expert on public health policy, especially in the cost-benefit analysis of government programs. ", "What we know, in the natural history of viruses, a virus evolves during a pandemic," Atlas said. Often the accusations turn puerile, suggesting that Atlas can't be a public health expert because he was originally a neuroradiologist. So is Stanford Universitys Dr. Scott W. Atlas, the health policy expert who served as a Special Advisor to the President and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from August to December, 2020. 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. We learned that politicians who claimed their decisions were science-driven often ignored scientific findings that didnt fit certain political narratives. 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. Political commentator and YouTube host Jimmy Dore appeared on Tucker Carlson on Wednesday and said the nation's leaders want to keep people divided and the country in chaos with incompetent COVID handling to prevent Americans from noticing that the United States is a "failed state." It should be mentioned that Ioannidis had predicted that the coronavirus would cause no more than 10,000 deaths in the US. After months of butting heads with his medical experts, including the governments top infectious disease official, Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Trump introduced a new adviser to the administration during his coronavirus briefing on Monday, Dr. Scott Atlas, whose views on Covid-19 and school reopenings more closely match the president's. ", 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. All aspects of social life have been subordinated to keeping the financial markets afloat. Unlock premium content, ad-free browsing, and access to comments for just $4/month. - Secret Service guards shot a person, who was apparently armed, outside the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump said just after being briefly evacuated in the middle of a press conference. We have to recognize what the data revealed about this current pandemic, Atlas said, citing several recent studies (including one by Eran Bendavid and other scientists of Stanford University) showing that lockdowns didnt work to keep COVID-19 from spreading while imposing their own severe additional costs. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. READ NEXT: Sean Feucht: Worship Leader Holds Portland Gathering to Protest Masks, Dr. Scott Atlas: Trumps New Coronavirus Adviser Backs Him on Schools & Sports, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Hoover scholars form the Institutions core and create breakthrough ideas aligned with our mission and ideals. Member of the coronavirus task force Scott Atlas listens to US President Donald Trump during a [+] briefing at the White House August 10, 2020, in Washington, As immunity builds in the population, the risk of infection to allincluding the vulnerablefalls, the declaration states. Mehring Books, the publishing arm of the Socialist Equality Party (US), is proud to announce the publication in epub format of Volume 1 of COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic, a compilation of the World Socialist Web Site's coverage of this global crisis. He has become a national expert on public health policy, especially in the cost-benefit Market data provided by Factset. "Why is it, FOX News White House correspondent Peter Doocy took on White House press secretary Jen Psaki for previous comments made by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on housing minor migrants that show up unaccompanied by an adult at the U.S.-Mexico border. Dr. Scott Atlas, Senior Fellow in Health Policy at Stanfords highly acclaimed Hoover Institute, former professor and Chief of Neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center, Founding Fellow of Hillsdale Colleges Academy for Science and Freedom in Washington, D.C., is one such hero, as he sounded the alarm over the nations disastrous 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. It depends on only one thing the visibility of the scientific process, which by definition is about the visibility of the data, Atlas said. Make an appointment at MUSC Health University Medical Center today at (843) Ultimately, Atlas said, the most important lesson to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic is that individuals must take responsibility for their own health-related decisions. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. 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