White House Embraces Strategy of ‘Herd Immunity’

“The White House has embraced a declaration by a group of scientists arguing that authorities should allow the coronavirus to spread among young healthy people while protecting the elderly and the vulnerable — an approach that would rely on arriving at ‘herd immunity’ through infections rather than a vaccine,” the New York Times reports.

Although the declaration’s website claims the petition has been signed by more than 15,000 scientists, Sky News found reports dozens of fake names on the list of signatories, including Dr. I.P. Freely, Dr. Person Fakename, and Dr. Johnny Bananas.