Bibliography on Great Barrington Declaration

"AIER Hosts Top Epidemiologists, Authors of the Great Barrington Declaration," American Institute for Economic Research, Oct. 5, 2020. https://www.aier.org/article/aier-hosts-top-epidemiologists-authors-of-the-great-barrington-declaration/

"expert reaction to barrington declaration, an open letter arguing against lockdown policies and for ‘focused protection’," Science Media Centre, Oct. 6, 2020. https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-barrington-declaration-an-open-letter-arguing-against-lockdown-policies-and-for-focused-protection/

Terry Cowgill, "NEWS ANALYSIS: Disputed ‘Great Barrington Declaration’ issued by free-market think tank," Berkshire Edge, Oct. 6, 2020. https://theberkshireedge.com/news-analysis-disputed-great-barrington-declaration-issued-by-free-market-think-tank/

"Coronavirus: Health experts join global anti-lockdown movement," BBC News, Oct. 7, 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54442386

Alex Berezow, "Is Great Barrington Declaration A Solution To Endless COVID Lockdowns?, American Council on Science and Health, Oct. 7, 2020. https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/10/07/great-barrington-declaration-solution-endless-covid-lockdowns-15074

Jeanne Lenzer, "Covid-19: Group of UK and US experts argues for 'focused protection' instead of lockdowns," British Medical Journal, Oct. 7, 2020. https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3908

Matt Reynolds, "There is no ‘scientific divide’ over herd immunity," Wired, Oct. 7, 2020. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/great-barrington-declaration-herd-immunity-scientific-divide

Ryan Flanagan, "Latest call for herd immunity draws scorn from public health experts," CTV News, Oct. 8, 2020. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/latest-call-for-herd-immunity-draws-scorn-from-public-health-experts-1.5137679

Brian Passifiume, "Canadian physicians lend support for Great Barrington Declaration, Toronto Sun, Oct. 8, 2020. https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/canadian-physicians-lend-support-for-great-barrington-declaration

Nafeez Ahmed, "Climate Science Denial Network Behind Great Barrington Declaration," Oct. 9, 2020. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/09/climate-science-denial-network-behind-great-barrington-declaration/

Keira Butler, "The “Great Barrington” Plan for Reopening Is Championed as Good for the Poor. It’s Not.", Mother Jones, Oct. 9, 2020. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/the-great-barrington-plan-for-re-opening-is-championed-as-good-for-the-poor-its-not/

Freddy Sayers, "Is The Guardian planning an attack on the Great Barrington scientists?," Unherd, Oct. 9, 2020. https://unherd.com/thepost/is-the-guardian-planning-an-attack-on-the-great-barrington-scientists/

Andrew Mark Miller, "'Pro-lockdown' advocates 'submit hoax signatures' to an anti-lockdown declaration signed by thousands of medical experts," Oct. 9, 2020. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pro-lockdown-advocates-submit-hoax-signatures-to-an-anti-lockdown-declaration-signed-by-thousands-of-medical-experts

PA Media, "Herd immunity letter signed by fake experts including 'Dr Johnny Bananas'," The Guardian, Oct. 9, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/09/herd-immunity-letter-signed-fake-experts-dr-johnny-bananas-covid

Sonia Sodha, "The anti-lockdown scientists' cause would be more persuasive if it weren't so half-baked," The Guardian, Oct. 11, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/11/the-rebel-scientists-cause-would-be-more-persuasive-if-it-werent-so-half-baked

Elizabeth Crisp, "White House Embraces Herd Immunity in Latest Push to End COVID-19 Lockdowns," Newsweek, Oct. 12, 2020. https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-embraces-herd-immunity-latest-push-end-covid-19-lockdowns-1538430

David Gorski, "The Great Barrington Declaration: COVID-19 deniers follow the path laid down by creationists, HIV/AIDS denialists, and climate science deniers," Science-Based Medicine, Oct. 12, 2020. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/great-barrington-declaration/

Terry Cowgill, "‘Great Barrington Declaration’ and AIER feeling heat on both sides of the Atlantic," Berkshire Edge, Oct. 13, 2020. https://theberkshireedge.com/great-barrington-declaration-and-aier-feeling-heat-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic/

Joel Achenbach, "Proposal to hasten herd immunity to the coronavirus grabs White House attention but appalls top scientists, Washington Post, Oct. 14, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-herd-immunity/2020/10/10/3910251c-0a60-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html

Kevin Kunzmann, "Herd Immunity Again Addressed in Great Barrington Declaration," Contagion, Oct. 14, 2020. https://www.contagionlive.com/view/herd-immunity-addressed-great-barrington-declaration

Bruce, Y. Lee, "White House Considering ‘The Great Barrington Declaration’ Herd Immunity Strategy For Covid-19 Coronavirus," Forbes, Oct. 14, 2020. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/10/14/the-great-barrington-declaration-herd-immunity-strategies-for-coronavirus-overlook-8-problems/

Stephanie M. Lee, "Scientists Are Slamming The Great Barrington Declaration’s Call For “Herd Immunity”," BuzzFeed Media, Oct. 14, 2020. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/herd-immunity-great-barrington-backlash-letter

Joel Achenbach, "Proposal to hasten herd immunity to the coronavirus grabs White House attention but appalls top scientists, Washington Post, Oct. 14, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-herd-immunity/2020/10/10/3910251c-0a60-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html

Marc Lipsitch, Gregg Gonsalves, Carlos del Rio & Rochelle P. Walensky, "Trump wants to try for herd immunity. Without a vaccine, it could kill millions," Washington Post, Oct. 14, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/14/herd-immunity-barrington-declaration/ 

Beryl Wajsman, "The Great Barrington Declaration opposes lockdowns," The Suburban, Oct. 14, 2020. https://www.thesuburban.com/news/city_news/the-great-barrington-declaration-opposes-lockdowns/article_52f0e22f-6926-560d-af59-1c4e3d88d72a.html

Robin Young, "Herd Immunity Is 'Pixie Dust Thinking,' Infectious Disease Expert Says," WBUR, Oct. 14, 2021. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/10/14/herd-immunity-coronavirus

Bruce Arthur, "‘Dangerous.’ ‘Hallucinatory.’ The new declaration pushing for herd immunity is not looking at the science, or looking out for you, " Toronto Star, Oct. 15, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2020/10/15/dangerous-hallucinatory-the-new-declaration-pushing-for-herd-immunity-is-not-looking-at-the-science-or-looking-out-for-you.html

Alden Bourne, "'Herd Immunity' Great Barrington Declaration On COVID-19 Sparks Controversy," New England Public Media, Oct. 15, 2020. https://www.nepm.org/post/herd-immunity-great-barrington-declaration-covid-19-sparks-controversy#stream/0

Hilary Brueck & Aylin Woodward, "The White House-backed 'Great Barrington Declaration' calling for herd immunity wouldn't just fail — it could lead to 640,000 deaths," Business Insider, Oct. 15, 2020. https://www.businessinsider.com/herd-immunity-plan-great-barrington-declaration-wont-work-2020-10

Tyler Cowen, "A Dangerous Libertarian Strategy for Herd Immunity," Bloomberg, Oct. 15, 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-15/great-barrington-declaration-is-wrong-about-herd-immunity

Andre Damon, "The Great Barrington Declaration. A manifesto of death," World Socialist Website, Oct. 16, 2020. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/16/pers-o16.html

Frank Diamond, "Great Barrington Declaration: COVID Lockdowns Unnecessary," Infection Control Today, Oct. 16, 2020. https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/great-barrington-declaration-covid-lockdowns-were-unnecessary 

Kevin Kavanagh, "Viewpoint: The “Not So” Great Barrington Declaration," Infection Control Today, Oct. 16, 2020.https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/viewpoint-the-not-so-great-barrington-declaration

Josh Landes, "Great Barrington Declaration’s Herd Immunity Pitch Receives International, Local Condemnation, Northeast Public Radio, Oct. 16, 2020. https://www.wamc.org/new-england-news/2020-10-16/great-barrington-declarations-herd-immunity-pitch-receives-international-local-condemnation

Brian Resnick, "The Great Barrington Declaration is an ethical nightmare," Vox, Oct. 16, 2020. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/21517702/great-barrington-declaration-john-snow-memorandum-explained-herd-immunity

Tom Frieden, "Opinion: The path to ‘herd immunity’ would be lined with half a million dead Americans," Washington Post, Oct. 18, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tom-frieden-herd-immunity-wrong-solution-coronavirus/2020/10/16/acb4ae8a-0fe6-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html

Sarah Toy & Daniela Hernandez, "Scientists Push Back on Herd-Immunity Approach to Covid-19," Wall Street Journal, Oct. 18, 2020. https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-touts-document-calling-for-herd-immunity-approach-to-covid-19-crisis-11603051550

Gwynne Dyer, "Herd immunity, reinfection and the Great Barrington Declaration," The Hill Times, Oct. 19, 2020. https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/10/19/herd-immunity-reinfection-and-the-great-barrington-declaration/267783

Apoorva Mandavilli & Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "A Viral Theory Cited by Health Officials Draws Fire From Scientists," New York Times, Oct. 19, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/health/coronavirus-great-barrington.html

John Parkinson, "Experts Forcefully Push Back on Barrington Declaration," Infection Control Today, Oct. 20, 2020. https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/experts-forcefully-push-back-on-barrington-declaration 

Bryan Vartabedian, "Great Barrington Declaration and What It Says About Us," 33 Charts, Oct. 20, 2020. https://33charts.com/great-barrington-declaration-covid19/

Gwynne Dyer, "Herd immunity, reinfection and the Great Barrington Declaration," Japan Times, Oct. 21, 1020. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/10/21/commentary/world-commentary/herd-immunity-reinfection-great-barrington-declaration/

Derrick Z. Jackson, "Herding People to Slaughter: The Dangerous Fringe Theory behind the Great Barrington Declaration and Push toward Herd Immunity," Union of Concerned Scientists, Oct. 23, 2020. https://blog.ucsusa.org/derrick-jackson/herding-people-to-slaughter-the-dangerous-fringe-theory-behind-the-great-barrington-declaration-and-push-toward-herd-immunity/

Greg Ganske, "The fraught debate over herd immunity and the Great Barrington Declaration: What we need next," Des Moines Register, Oct. 25, 2020.   https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2020/10/25/great-barrington-declaration-straw-men-and-herd-immunity-debate/3732303001/

Union of Concerned Scientists, "The Dangerous Fringe Theory Behind the Great Barrington Declaration and Herd Immunity," EcoWatch, Oct. 26, 2020. https://www.ecowatch.com/herd-immunity-coronavirus-2648499239.html

Samantha Putterman, "Great Barrington herd immunity document widely disputed by scientists," Politifact, Oct. 27, 2020. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/27/facebook-posts/great-barrington-herd-immunity-document-widely-dis/

Will Wilkinson, "The Useful Libertarian Idiocy of The Great Barrington Declaration," Niskanen Center, Oct. 27, 2020. https://www.niskanencenter.org/the-useful-libertarian-idiocy-of-the-great-barrington-declaration/

Elizabeth Yuko, "Can Herd Immunity Save Us?," Rolling Stone, Oct. 27, 2020. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/covid-herd-immunity-great-barrington-declaration-1080991/

Stephen L. Archer, "5 failings of the Great Barrington Declaration’s dangerous plan for COVID-19 natural herd immunity," The Conversation, Nov. 2, 2020. https://theconversation.com/5-failings-of-the-great-barrington-declarations-dangerous-plan-for-covid-19-natural-herd-immunity-148975

Austin Williams, "‘Great Barrington Declaration’ on COVID-19 ‘herd immunity’ draws criticism from experts," Fox News, Nov. 2, 2020. https://www.fox29.com/news/great-barrington-declaration-on-covid-19-herd-immunity-draws-criticism-from-experts

Tyler S. LeComer, Arushi Saini, and Barune Thapa, "In Condemnation of the Great Barrington Declaration," Harvard Crimson, Nov. 4, 2020. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/11/4/lecomer-saini-thapa-condemn-great-barrington-declaration/

Brooks B. Gump, "The Great Barrington Declaration: When Arrogance Leads to Recklessness," U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 6, 2020. https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-11-06/when-scientists-arrogance-leads-to-recklessness-the-great-barrington-declaration

Alicia Ault, "Great Barrington Coauthor Backs off on Struck Reliance on Herd Immunity, Medscape Today, Nov. 9, 2020. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/940637

Talha Khan Burki, "Herd immunity for COVID-19," The Lancet, Nov. 24, 2020. https://www.thelancet.com/article/S2213-2600%2820%2930555-5/fulltext

Nafeez Ahmed, "Ministry of Defence Funds Man Behind Great Barrington Declaration," Byline Times, Dec. 2, 2020. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/12/02/ministry-of-defence-funds-man-behind-great-barrington-declaration/

Alex Lieske, "In defense of The Great Barrington Declaration," Rational Ground, Dec. 21, 2020. https://rationalground.com/in-defense-of-the-great-barrington-declaration/

Leo Mirani, "The Great Barrington Declaration Ruffles Locals’ Feathers," New Yorker, Dec. 21, 2020. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/28/the-great-barrington-declaration-ruffles-locals-feathers

2021

"Over 13,000 medical and public health scientists sign on to Great Barrington Declaration," North State Journal, Jan. 8, 2021. https://nsjonline.com/article/2021/01/over-13000-medical-and-public-health-scientists-sign-on-to-great-barrington-declaration/

Alec Marsh, "Sunetra Gupta: ‘There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of how we live with germs’," Spears, Jan. 27, 2021. https://www.spearswms.com/sunetra-gupta-spears-liquid-lunch/

"Great Barrington Declaration Scientists with Gov. DeSantis in Florida," American Institute for Economic Research, Mar. 18, 2021. https://www.aier.org/article/great-barrington-declaration-scientists-with-gov-desantis-in-florida/

Dave Naylor, "Great Barrington Declaration on COVID lockdowns sees boom in popularity," Western Standard, Mar. 30, 2021. https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/03/great-barrington-declaration-on-covid-lockdowns-sees-boom-in-popularity/

David Climenhaga, "Kenney's Surrender to Covid: Has the Great Barrington Declaration Become the Great Edmonton Declaration?", Albertapolitics.ca, Apr. 27, 2021. https://albertapolitics.ca/2021/04/kenneys-surrender-to-covid-has-the-great-barrington-declaration-become-the-great-edmonton-declaration/

Ryan MacGreal, "Did Doug Ford Test the 'Great Barrington Declaration' on Ontarians?," Raise the Hammer, June 29, 2021. https://www.raisethehammer.org/article/3807/did_doug_ford_test_the_great_barrington_declaration_on_ontarians 

Federica Angeli, Silvia Camporesi & Giorgia Dal Fabbro, "The COVID-19 wicked problem in public health ethics: conflicting evidence, or incommensurable values?," Nature, June  30, 2021. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-021-00839-1 

Jeffrey A. Tucker, "A Short History of the Great Barrington Declaration," Brownstone Institute, July 17, 2021. https://brownstone.org/articles/a-short-history-of-the-great-barrington-declaration/

Jay Bhattacharya & Martin Kulldorff, "The smear campaign against the Great Barrington Declaration," Spiked, Aug. 2, 2021. https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/02/the-smear-campaign-against-the-great-barrington-declaration/

David Gorski & Gavin Yamey, "Covid-19 and the New Merchants of Doubt," British Medical Journal, Sep. 13, 2021. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/09/13/covid-19-and-the-new-merchants-of-doubt/

Heather Bellow, "Those who penned Great Barrington Declaration a year after it sparked worldwide firestorm: 'This is our crucible'," Berkshire Eagle, Oct. 13, 2021. https://www.berkshireeagle.com/coronavirus/those-who-penned-great-barrington-declaration-a-year-after-it-sparked-worldwide-firestorm-this-is/article_b862f134-2619-11ec-81eb-93dc5df41642.html