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Episode: 6ft Social Distancing "Made Up" Says HHS Insider Dr. Paul E. Alexander w/ Dr. Kelly Victory
Description: “I was there,” says Dr. Paul E. Alexander, recalling the room of medical authorities in charge of the frantic early-2020 response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Alexander says he resisted the proposals of “social distancing” and “lockdowns” but was ignored, despite his extensive experience in epidemiology. Now the former science advisor to the HHS alleges that the media and CDC – in decisions motivated by politics – ignored data showing immense harm was being inflicted upon millions of kids by lockdowns and school closures.“All we did was we shifted the burden of morbidity and mortality,” says Dr. Alexander, “from the affluent pers...