Op-Ed: Great Barrington vs John Snow Is a False Choice

Dueling petitions about what to do about COVID19 -- the Great Barrington Declaration and the John Snow Memorandum -- are circulating online amongst physicians, public policy makers, and academics. I am not against policy statements, consensus building, or even petitions, but both of these documents trouble me. They are the dropping anchors when we should be open to sailing where the wind blows.