The Great Barrington Declaration is dangerous

The argument to “open up” society for everyone who is determined to not be at high risk does not take into account the true numbers of who fits in that category.

•Obesity, increasing age, diabetes, and other cardiometabolic conditions are just a few of the factors that have been observed to be associated with an increased risk of severe COVID-19 illness and/or death.

•In 2017-2018, over 35% of the entire US population (children and adults) were determined to be obese

•Furthermore, it is estimated that 13% of the adult US population has diabetes.

•This doesn’t even take into account the percentage of US adults that have other pre-existing conditions that put them at greater risk of severe COVID-19.

Click here for a critical review of the Great Barrington Declaration (by Collin Catalfamo, MPH 1,  Mark Nichter, PhD, MPH 2 from University of Arizona)