Have authors of the anti-lockdown 'Great Barrington Declaration' shared the identities of others they say back their recommendations?
Three university professors who published a petition they called "The Great Barrington Declaration" have yet to disclose names of 50,000 medical practitioners and public-health specialists who they say have signed their petition.
The petition disputes the wisdom of "lockdown" measures taken by many governments to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus and reduce the risk of overtaxing health care resources. The declaration calls for isolating those deemed most vulnerable to the virus, while young adults and children continue working and going to school.
The authors' underlying reasoning and recommendations have been widely disputed by other public-health leaders. A number of regions and countries have recently reinstated lockdown-type restrictions to brake renewed growth in infection levels.
