Many people have shared two ER docs’ claims about coronavirus.

Despite their claims, they are not experts. They misrepresent the data, and their professional college has condemned their actions. (They also lie about what their local public health department believes, see here.)

ER docs (and family docs) are not the experts in this. Epidemiologists are. You don’t ask epidemiologists to read your chest x-ray or put in your chest tube.

A point-by-point rebuttal:

Again, there is a good policy case for easing the lockdown. But don’t use bad science as an argument.


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