>From my righteous brother in Chicago: > > Dear Mr. Barker- > > > > I am a relatively new subscriber, and a refugee from the *New York > Times, *a paper I read for 38 years. I ceased reading it because of its > panic-inspiring presentations of the SARS-CoV-2 crisis. No doubt writing an > email like this is a quixotic undertaking, as I've emailed reporters before > (not many editors) and if I get an answer at all it is simply a recitation > of what I've already read that prompted my email. I did get a long response > from the editor of the *Chronicle of Higher Education *who was willing to > consider what I had to say. > > > > I realize there is a certain orthodoxy in reporting about COVID, and that > many newspapers share certain principles, articles of faith, really, that > have no firm scientific basis, but are repeated ad nauseam until the > whole world is swaying to the music of those frightening, hypnotic and dire > words of warning and threat. > > > > I read this sentence in your newspaper today: > > "fatigue with social-distancing rules and mask wearing has been one of the > main drivers of infections in Europe's second wave." There is absolutely no > scientific basis for this assertion. > > As for masks, the Dutch government recently announced they would not > impose a mask mandate, and there are other countries that have rejected > that approach as well. Oxford University's Center for Evidence Based > Medicine (CEBM) is an invaluable source of information for anyone writing > about the crisis. That is, for anyone who sincerely wishes to "follow the > science." > > https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/masking-lack-of-evidence-with-politics/ > > > > There is no evidence masks block the transmission of airborne viruses, and > in some cases (see the Hanoi Hospital study from 2015 > https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577.short) such as with hospital > workers wearing cloth masks, the masks made flu infection of the wearers > much more likely. > > > > Furthermore, what is meant by "infections" involves a real sleight of > hand, since PCR test positive results depend on the cycle threshold used in > the test, the higher the number the more people who are not infectious test > positive. > > https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/infectious-positive-pcr-test-result-covid-19/ > <https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/infectious-positive-pcr-test-result-covid-19/> > > > > I am sure you know all this already and I am sure none of this will change > what is published in the *Times*, the *WSJ*, the *Washington Post, *but, > you do the country a great disservice by enabling the lockdowns that have > destroyed our economy and countless lives. I recently learned of an annual > conference (AUP Association of University Presses) that will be held > virtually in *June, 2021. *In light of the great public fear, what a > French philosopher as described as "bioterror," what will become of our > downtown business districts, our transit systems, our workers, the > remaining (and struggling) retail stores? I urge you to consider the truly > dire consequences of your actions in fueling public fear and aiding > political leaders who impose damaging and medically questionable measures > without public consent. > > > > Sincerely, > > Bruce Joshua Miller > > Miller Trade Book Marketing > > http://millertradebook.com <http://millertradebook.com/about.html> > > @brucejquiller > > https://brucejquiller.wordpress.com/ > ---
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