How Bad Science Led to Disastrous COVID-19 Policies, with Dr. Scott Atlas

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Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 14 June 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Scott Atlas joins us to examine the science, data, and reasoning (or lack thereof) used to justify indefinite lockdowns, school closures, and other fear-based mitigation strategies that are still happening across America.

Dr. Atlas is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and a Member of Hoover Institution’s Working Group on Health Care Policy. He served as Professor of Radiology and Chief of Neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center from 1998 until 2012. He is the author of “Restoring Quality Health Care: A Six-Point Plan for Comprehensive Reform at Lower Cost.” Follow him on Twitter at @SWAtlasHoover.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	But all men are created.
0:04.0	There's a number of Congress I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.0	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.0	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.0	China, bio-terrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	Welcome back everybody.
0:26.0	This is not a surprise to everyone, but I've been very skeptical of universal and indefinite lockdowns.
0:32.0	I've been very skeptical of the science behind that.
0:35.0	I've been very skeptical of the reasoning used.
0:38.0	But let's be honest, there wasn't a lot of reasoning used.
0:40.0	There was a lot of fear-based, emotional reasoning used.
0:44.0	And I have a feeling that a man named Dr. Scott Atlas agrees with me on that.
0:49.0	Scott, thank you so much for being on the show.
0:51.0	I'm sure you're happy to be here.
0:53.0	Can I call you Scott? I'm trying to call you Dr. Scott.
0:55.0	Absolutely. No, no, Scott, it's totally fine.
0:58.0	Okay, but you are a doctor.
0:59.0	So I'm going to tell everybody about you for a minute here.
1:01.0	So you are a fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.
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