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Eight Reasons to End the Lockdowns ASAP

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Last week Dr. Jonathan Geach, an anesthesiologist treating some COVID-19 patients in Tennessee, wrote an article on Medium that created a sensation: "Eight Reasons to End the Lockdowns as Soon as Possible." Dr. Geach joined us today to review the article, and, since the COVID-19 story is moving so fast, preview a sequel on "Moving Goalposts" that he is readying for publication.

In addition to walking through the adverse health tradeoffs of an extended economic shutdown, Dr. Geach explains a few new theories about the dynamic of how COVID-19 works, and offers his perspective on some of the new treatments being considered, and why. He goes into much more technical detail than most news reports, but not so technical that a non-specialist can't follow it.

Host:
Steve Hayward

Discussion (1)

  • Dr.Guido@DrGuido

    Bravo...a terrific explication from a non-economist making an excellent economic and medical---and moral!---case for getting on with opening up. (FYI__Per the warnings I'm a DMW---Dead Man Walking--73, male,pre-diabetic,triple bypass and 5 stents....and feeling about 100% and I did not work all my life to be a small part of the reason that I destroyed my kids and grandkids' futures!)