{"id":133227,"date":"2024-12-04T13:56:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T06:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133227"},"modified":"2024-12-04T13:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T06:56:08","slug":"questions-for-senators-to-ask-drs-marty-makary-and-jay-bhattacharya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133227","title":{"rendered":"Questions For Senators to Ask Drs. Marty Makary and Jay Bhattacharya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!--www.crestaproject.com Cresta Social Share Counter Content Start--><!--www.crestaproject.com Cresta Social Share Counter Content End--><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Questions for Dr. Marty Makary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/prescription-pulse\/2024\/11\/26\/makary-for-fda-heres-what-you-need-to-know-00191580\" title=\"\">news report<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Makary is a director on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/investors.harrow.com\/board-member\/marty-makary-md-mph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">board at Harrow<\/a>, an ophthalmic pharmaceuticals company, and an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sidecarhealth.com\/our-team\/marty-makary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adviser to Sidecar Health<\/a>, an insurance provider that aims to lower customer costs by eliminating provider networks and drug formularies.  He\u2019s also chief medical adviser to Nava,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navabenefits.com\/news\/dr-marty-makary-joins-nava\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a benefits brokerage<\/a>, and chief medical officer at Sesame, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sesamecare.com\/team?srsltid=AfmBOoqZ5LLIMcLpmNSSD19yA88Qs4rf3JUtAtLUW0zqxqVnBDyie9dZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cash-pay health service market<\/a>\u00a0that offers compounded semaglutide.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>How much money have you made from this, and why should the American people believe you\u2019ll represent their interests over these corporations?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the first half of 2021, you wrote articles titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/well-have-herd-immunity-by-april-11613669731?msockid=1398aa47ce03608225d8bf0ecf2a61cc\" title=\"\">We\u2019ll Have Herd Immunity by April,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/herd-immunity-is-near-despite-faucis-denial-11616624554#:~:text=Anthony%20Fauci%20has%20been%20saying%20that%20the%20country,infections%2C%20herd%20immunity%20is%20likely%20close%20at%20hand.?msockid=1398aa47ce03608225d8bf0ecf2a61cc\" title=\"\">Herd Immunity is Near, Despite Fauci\u2019s Denial<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/04\/dont-buy-the-fearmongering-the-covid-19-threat-is-ending\/\" title=\"\">Don\u2019t Buy the Fearmongering: The COVID-19 Threat Is Waning<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/21\/risk-of-covid-is-now-very-low-its-time-to-stop-living-in-fear-doctor\/\" title=\"\">Risk Of COVID Is Now Very Low \u2014 It\u2019s Time To Stop Living In Fear: Doctor<\/a>.  You also said, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?reload=9&amp;v=2MD1uwvGk24&amp;t=3s\" title=\"\">We basically are in herd immunity right now<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ndCNViPfS4g&amp;t=8s\" title=\"\">most of the country is at herd immunity<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please make the case that Dr. Fauci was wrong and we had herd immunity to COVID in May 2021.  If you no longer think we had herd immunity in May 2021, where have you admitted error?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In August 2021, as the Delta variant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2021\/08\/08\/1025964502\/florida-hospitals-covid-19-cases-record-high\" title=\"\">swamped hospitals<\/a> many states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navabenefits.com\/resources\/five-things-hr-leaders-should-know-about-the-delta-variant-from-covid-expert-dr-marty-makary\" title=\"\">you said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>For most people right now, Delta is downgraded to a mild seasonal virus that causes mild common cold-like symptoms.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Please make the case that the Delta variant was a mild seasonal virus that causes mild common cold-like symptoms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the Omicron variant arrived, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vVMmX1_R-hY\" title=\"\">you called it<\/a> \u201comi-cold\u201d and \u201cnature\u2019s vaccine.\u201d When the dust settled, the headlines read, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/31\/health\/omicron-deaths-age-65-elderly.html\">During the Omicron Wave, Death Rates Soared for Older People<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/21\/health\/hospitalizations-of-young-children-with-the-virus-surged-during-the-us-omicron-wave.html\" title=\"\">Hospitalizations Of Young Children With The Virus Surged During The U.S. Omicron Wave<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please make the case that the Omicron variant was \u201comi-cold\u201d and \u201cnature\u2019s vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the summer of 2021, you said, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EgQkaue-4aU\" title=\"\">Immunity is probably lifelong<\/a>.\u201d  Given the virus was just 1.5 years old, what evidence were you citing at this time? Is immunity lifelong?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/dr-makary-rfk-jr-criticism-medical-industrial-complex-saying-things-people-know-true\">you said:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>One thing RFK Jr. did is he would post true stories of children who died immediately after the vaccine. These were otherwise healthy children.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yet, the article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/politics\/ap-rfk-jr-spent-years-stoking-fear-and-mistrust-of-vaccines-heres-who-gets-hurt-by-kennedys-work\/\">RFK Jr. Spent Years Stoking Fear And Mistrust Of Vaccines. These People Were Hurt By His Work<\/a> said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When 12-year-old Braden Fahey collapsed during football practice and died, it was just the beginning of his parents\u2019 nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>Deep in their grief a few months later, Gina and Padrig Fahey received news that shocked them to their core: A favorite photo of their beloved son was plastered on the cover of a book that falsely argues COVID-19 vaccines caused a spike of sudden deaths among healthy young people.<\/p>\n<p>The book, called \u201cCause Unknown,\u201d was co-published by an anti-vaccine group led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President John F. Kennedy\u2019s nephew, who is now running for president. Kennedy wrote the foreword and promoted the book, tweeting that it details data showing \u201c COVID shots are a crime against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Faheys couldn\u2019t understand how Braden\u2019s face appeared on the book\u2019s cover, or why his name appeared inside it.<\/p>\n<p>Braden never received the vaccine. His death in August 2022 was due to a malformed blood vessel in his brain. No one ever contacted them to ask about their son\u2019s death, or for permission to use the photo. No one asked to confirm the date of his death \u2014 which the book misdated by a year. When the Faheys and residents of their town in California tried to contact the publisher and author to get Braden and his picture taken out of the book, no one responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reached out in every way possible,\u201d Gina Fahey told The Associated Press in an emotional interview. \u201cWe waited months and months to hear back, and nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Was Braden Fahey a \u201ctrue story\u201d of a child who died after getting the COVID vaccine? If not, what are some examples of these \u201ctrue stories\u201d? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on Mr. Kennedy\u2019s role in Samoa?  What will you say if he tries to undermine confidence in the MMR, polio, and HPV vaccines?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>In an\u00a0article\u00a0from June\u00a02021 titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\/marty-makary\/93029\" title=\"\">Think Twice Before Giving the COVID Vax to Healthy Kids<\/a>\u201d, you wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In reviewing the medical literature and news reports, and in talking to pediatricians across the country, I am not aware of a single healthy child in the U.S. who has died of COVID-19 to date.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Given that the deaths of healthy young people had been reported in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6937e4.htm\" title=\"\">medical literature<\/a> and news reports (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/community\/health\/coronavirus\/parents-say-5-year-old-daughter-who-died-from-covid-19-was-perfectly-healthy\/\">here, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/coronavirus\/2021\/01\/4-year-old-cny-boy-who-died-of-covid-complications-had-been-healthy-i-lost-my-miracle-baby.html\">here,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/health-nursing-homes-coronavirus-ef2b3a7b554cc7252e96674e021e1c50\"> here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bringmethenews.com\/minnesota-news\/child-covid-19-victim-was-9-months-old-had-no-underlying-conditions\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrcbtv.com\/story\/42283572\/child-with-no-underlying-conditions-is-latest-covid19-death-in-hamilton-county\">here,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/08\/06\/us\/georgia-boy-covid-19-death\/index.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/9-year-old-girl-dies-coronavirus-kimora-kimmie-lynum-kimmie-putnam-county\/6336608\/\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/year-daughter-detroit-responders-dies-coronavirus-complications\/story?id=70256558\">here,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/15-year-old-teen-covid19-diagnosis-dies-covid-illinois\/10593603\/\">here<\/a>), why did you say this?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>In spring 2021, when the vaccines were brand new, you wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/covid-prescription-get-the-vaccine-wait-a-month-return-to-normal-11615401516\" title=\"\">\u201cimmunity kicks in fully about four weeks after the first vaccine dose, and then you are essentially bulletproof<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/21\/risk-of-covid-is-now-very-low-its-time-to-stop-living-in-fear-doctor\/\" title=\"\">there has never been a documented cases of a fully vaccinated person who is asymptomatic transmitting the virus.<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Did the COVID vaccines render people \u201cbulletproof\u201d and unable to transmit the virus? What effect do you think over-hyping vaccines at this time had on overall confidence in vaccines?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Vaccine-myocarditis occurs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41541-024-00893-1\" title=\"\">in roughly 1 in 10,000<\/a> young males after their second vaccine dose.  Yet, you wrote \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MartyMakary\/status\/1372650050963263492\" title=\"\">Hundreds of thousands of young ppl got myocarditis for no good reason<\/a>.\u201d  Can you walk us through how you calculated this number?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021 you\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/media\/3959621\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0it\u2019s time to \u201cmove on and live a normal life\u201d and said \u201cright now we\u2019re about at 150th the daily cases of a regular seasonal flu in the middle of that flu season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since that time, how many Americans have died of COVID?  How many have died of flu?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>You have often spoken about the problem of chronic diseases, while at the same time <a href=\"https:\/\/radio.foxnews.com\/2022\/12\/12\/dr-marty-makary-on-the-exaggeration-of-long-covid-its-been-massively-overplayed\/\">repeatedly minimizing<\/a> Long Covid. Can you explain Americans should trust you to solve chronic disease when you minimize a cause common cause of chronic disease?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an article titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2021\/09\/15\/natural-immunity-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"\">Natural Immunity to Covid Is Powerful. Policymakers Seem Afraid to Say So<\/a> you said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It\u2019s okay to have an incorrect scientific hypothesis. But when new data proves it wrong, you have to adapt.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>How have you modeled this behavior over the course of the pandemic?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"992\" src=\"https:\/\/sciencebasedmedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-42.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95093\" style=\"width:462px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciencebasedmedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-42.png 637w, https:\/\/sciencebasedmedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-42-411x640.png 411w, https:\/\/sciencebasedmedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-42-128x200.png 128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Questions for Dr. Jay Bhattacharya<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Question:  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your article from March 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/is-the-coronavirus-as-deadly-as-they-say-11585088464\">Is the Coronavirus as Deadly as They Say?<\/a> said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>If it\u2019s true that the novel coronavirus would kill millions without shelter-in-place orders and quarantines, then the extraordinary measures being carried out in cities and states around the country are surely justified. But there\u2019s little evidence to confirm that premise\u2014and projections of the death toll could plausibly be orders of magnitude too high.<\/p>\n<p>Fear of COVID-19 is based on its high estimated case fatality rate \u2014 2% to 4% of people with confirmed. COVID-19 have died, according to the World Health Organization and others. So if 100 million Americans ultimately get the disease, 2 million to 4 million could die. We believe that estimate is deeply flawed\u2026<\/p>\n<p>If our surmise of six million cases is accurate, that\u2019s a mortality rate of 0.01%, assuming a two week lag between infection and death. This is one-tenth of the flu mortality rate of 0.1%. Such a low death rate would be cause for optimism.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You noted that \u201ca 20,000- or 40,000-death epidemic is a far less severe problem than one that kills two million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Your article concluded:<\/p>\n<p>If we\u2019re right about the limited scale of the epidemic, then measures focused on older populations and hospitals are sensible.<\/p>\n<p>Your co-author Dr. Eran Bendavid said you were \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-QibLarUULU&amp;feature=youtu.be\">way off<\/a>\u201c, specifically about the prediction of 20,000-40,000 deaths. Do you disagree with Dr. Bendavid?  Were you were correct about the limited scale of the epidemic?  Did COVID have \u201cone-tenth of the flu mortality rate of 0.1%\u201d? If not, then weren\u2019t:<\/p>\n<p>Shelter-in-place orders and quarantines, then the extraordinary measures being carried out in cities and states around the country are surely justified. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>In July 2020 you said, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/techpolicyinstitute.org\/publications\/miscellaneous\/jay-bhattacharya-on-health-economics-and-coronavirus-two-think-minimum\/\" title=\"\">There\u2019s some places where I think we\u2019ve reached herd immunity<\/a>.\u201d You provided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/16\/sweden-limits-public-gatherings-to-eight-people-amid-covid-surge\">Sweden<\/a> and New York as examples. Had those areas reached herd immunity in July 2020? If not, where did you admit error?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>In October 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/infectiousdisease\/covid19\/89432?xid=fb_o&amp;trw=no&amp;fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1enGyWRKb3So0XOvCfj3knUdk6xbK92Z2PQ6nVu4x2h3CLE-C2pI0GCY4_aem_AfzO3snWdMObZiSG8wagdyS_fFkuAqwVGXQVBPEoABI-xoEfXtYNVF7joe9mSXTULr5cXMD_sZHqzRFCKQfbABx-\">you said<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>An infection is a severe problem for older populations, and also for people who have certain chronic conditions. For younger populations under\u00a070, it\u2019s much milder.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The next year, <a href=\"https:\/\/wisqars.cdc.gov\/lcd\/?o=LCD&amp;y1=2021&amp;y2=2021&amp;ct=10&amp;cc=ALL&amp;g=00&amp;s=0&amp;r=0&amp;ry=0&amp;e=0&amp;ar=lcd1age&amp;at=groups&amp;ag=lcd1age&amp;a1=0&amp;a2=199\" title=\"\">COVID was a top 10 killer<\/a> for every age group except babies, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/mar\/11\/us-child-covid-deaths-omicron-surge\">2022 was even worse for children<\/a>. While COVID is obviously more dangerous for elderly people, please make the case that 70 was the appropriate age cut-off to claim it was \u201cmilder\u201d at a time when no one was vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HGaYDUS19Lo&amp;t=7s\">Jeffrey Tucker<\/a>, a<a href=\"https:\/\/sciencebasedmedicine.org\/child-labor-advocates\/\" title=\"\"> pro-tobacco, child-labor advocate<\/a> with ties to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/fighting-hate\/intelligence-report\/2000\/neo-confederates\">Neo-Confederate organizations,<\/a> to write the Great Barrington Declaration. Do agree with him that children should drop out of school to smoke with their friends during their breaks at Walmart? If not, why were you willing to work with Mr. Tucker on your signature document?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first reported COVID death in the U.S. was on 2\/28\/2020. By November that year, COVID had killed at least\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/downloads.aap.org\/AAP\/PDF\/AAP%20and%20CHA%20-%20Children%20and%20COVID-19%20State%20Data%20Report%205.20.21%20FINAL.pdf\">133 children<\/a>\u00a0according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. During that same time frame, the flu killed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gis.cdc.gov\/grasp\/fluview\/pedfludeath.html\">9 children<\/a>. That month, you gave an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vt0zugbVKoE&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fsciencebasedmedicine.org%2F&amp;source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY\">interview <\/a>where you said \u201cwe\u2019ve had more flu deaths among children this year than COVID deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is 9 larger than 133?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In your article from June 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/healthcare\/558757-the-ill-advised-push-to-vaccinate-the-young\/\" title=\"\">The Ill-Advised Push to Vaccinate the Young<\/a>, you wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The idea that everyone must be vaccinated against COVID-19 is as misguided as the anti-vax idea that no one should. The former is more dangerous for public health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Please make the case it would have been \u201cmore dangerous\u201d to vaccinate everyone than no one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You have often written about the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrJBhattacharya\/status\/1848900855300313494\" title=\"\">lie that the vax stops disease transmission.<\/a>\u201d However, in April 2021, you had the <a href=\"https:\/\/zdoggmd.com\/jay-bhattacharya-2\/\" title=\"\">following exchange<\/a> with Dr. Zubin Damania:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Dr. Damania<\/strong>:\u00a0Now, you and I are both vaccinated. We shook hands. We don\u2019t wear masks. We\u2019re about three feet apart from each other. And in the early days of the pandemic that would\u2019ve gotten us both hung. But now I can say with confidence because I\u2019ve looked at the data, like our chances of giving each other COVID are-<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Bhattacharya<\/strong>: \u00a0Are zero.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Damania<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Pretty much zero. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Were you both lying?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During that interview you also said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The central problem right now I think is the fear that people still feel about COVID.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Given that the Delta and Omicron variants arrived in less than a year, why was fear of COVID the \u201ccentral problem\u201d in April 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Great Barrington Declaration said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The most compassionate approach that balances the risks and benefits of reaching herd immunity, 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. We call this Focused Protection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It further claimed this mass \u201cnatural infection\u201d of unvaccinated people would lead to herd immunity in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/gbdeclaration.org\/frequently-asked-questions\/\" title=\"\">3 to 6 months<\/a>\u201c. What countries used focused protection to achieve herd immunity in 3-6 months? If you cannot provide any examples, why do you claim the Great Barrington Declaration was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=Great+Barrington+Declaration+vindicated+bhattacharya&amp;qs=n&amp;form=QBRE&amp;sp=-1&amp;ghc=1&amp;lq=0&amp;pq=great+barrington+declaration+vindicated+bhattacharya&amp;sc=10-52&amp;sk=&amp;cvid=3F1F9E01326D4778AB93382A8C629EAA&amp;ghsh=0&amp;ghacc=0&amp;ghpl=\" title=\"\">vindicated<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On August 1st, 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis quoted you as saying,\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1421919960142581782\" title=\"\">We have protected the vulnerable by vaccinating the older population<\/a>.\u201d That same day, the headlines read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2021\/08\/01\/1023396466\/florida-new-covid-case-record\">Florida Reports A Record Number Of COVID-19 Cases<\/a>.\u00a0Here are some headlines that followed immediately after this:<\/p>\n<p>Had Florida protected the vulnerable at that time? Why did schools close while you were advising the state?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>The Great Barrington Declaration said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We have seen only a handful of reinfections. If the virus is like other corona viruses in its immune response, recovery from infection will provide lasting protection against reinfection, either complete immunity or protection that makes a severe reinfection less likely.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Are SARS-CoV-2 reinfections rare? Are they harmless? Is the article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/study-suggests-reinfections-virus-causes-covid-19-likely-have-similar-severity-original-infection#:~:text=Using%20health%20data%20from%20almost,a%20person%20contracts%20the%20disease.\">Study Suggests Reinfections From the Virus That causes COVID-19 Likely Have Similar Severity as Original Infection<\/a>, incorrect?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the start of the pandemic you said that children <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8CxQOBkNKg0\">did not spread COVID<\/a>. Do you still believe this? If not, where have you publicly revised your position?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>In May 2021, you discussed herd immunity and said \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gJZMw2zD3eA\">we are kind of already there<\/a>.\u201d  You also said COVID was seasonal.  The Delta wave arrived two months later.  Did we have herd immunity in May 2021?  Is COVID seasonal?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Great Barrington Declaration <a href=\"https:\/\/gbdeclaration.org\/frequently-asked-questions\/\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Herd immunity occurs when enough people have immunity so that most infected people cannot find new uninfected people to infect.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you still agree with this definition of herd immunity? Using this definition, do we have herd immunity to COVID?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>You said a 1 in 500 risk of a 40-year-old dying of COVID was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zFxQFJingrs\">moderate<\/a>\u201c. However, you also said that a 15,000 risk of vaccine-myocarditis was a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y2WzPdKuK4k&amp;t=39s\">serious side-effect<\/a>.\u201d Why is a low risk of a usually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/news\/2021\/12\/06\/post-vaccine-myocarditis-in-young-people-is-rare-and-usually-mild-study-confirms\">mild and temporary<\/a> vaccine side effect more concerning than a high risk of literal death?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You said that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/dr-fauci-coronavirus-policy-blame-game-opinion-1673977\">Lockdowns just postponed the inevitable.<\/a>\u201d Is it bad that many people first contracted COVID after they were vaccinated and hospitals were no longer overwhelmed?  Should more people have contracted it April 2020?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>You have been an outspoken advocate of free speech. Do you have any intentions to retaliate against your critics? Would you resign your position <strong>if <\/strong>President Trump threatened  First Amendment rights in any way, or would you be comfortable being permanently linked with a regime that embraces censorship?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You experienced the pandemic from your laptop and lamented being called \u201cfringe\u201d in a private e-mail. However, you frequently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencebasedmedicine.org\/laptopdoctors\/\">juvenile,public personal attacks<\/a> against doctors who worked in hospitals, unlike you. Is this the maturity and professionalism doctors who operate in the real-world can expect from you?  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