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YouTube removed a video of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) and a panel of scientific experts discussing Covid-19 issues.
The video was of a March 18 roundtable discussion with DeSantis and experts. The discussion included what many health experts contend: that it's unnecessary for children to wear masks. DeSantis reconvened the expert panel on April 12 for a further discussion on why lockdowns had negative consequences.
โWhat weโre really witnessing is Orwellian,โ DeSantis said of the censorship.
Under the leadership of DeSantis, Florida has managed to stay less locked down and more open than other states, and has suffered fewer serious Covid-19 issues than many.
Experts taking part in the discussion included:
- Dr. Scott W. Atlas, MD, Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health care policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University
- Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor of medicine at Stanford University and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research
- Dr. Martin Kulldorff, PhD, biostatistician, epidemiologist, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School
โThereโs nothing more dangerous than being able to censor what is said in a country, because then you are simply not ever going to even hear the truth. And you are entering into a phase of countries that we used to criticize severely like the USSR, like communist ChinaโฆI mean, this is almost the end of our civilization if we have this sort of censorship, Iโm afraid,โ said Dr. Scott Atlas.
โFor science to work, you have to have an open exchange of ideasโฆIf youโre going to make an argument that something is misinformation, you should provide an actual argument. You canโt just take it down and say, โOh, itโs misinformationโ without actually giving a reasonโฆLetโs hear the argument, letโs see the evidence that YouTube used to decide it was misinformation. Letโs have a debate. Science works best when we have an open debate,โ said Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.
โWe need to have debates, rather than censoringโฆWhen we do censoring and slandering, even if we are willing to continue to speak out, there are many other scientists that I know, including junior scientists, who do not want to speak out because they see whatโs happening to us. They donโt want to have to go through the same thing. So, we really need a debate,โ said Dr. Martin Kulldorff.
According to YouTube: โWe removed this video because it included content that contradicts the consensus of local and global health authorities regarding the efficacy of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19."
The March 18 video can still be found on YouTube via other entities that uploaded it. You can watch it below. You can also watch the April 12 discussion.
April 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBjstx_IhoM
March 18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KHBjGANJQU
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