Day 248: The Great Barrington Declaration

Today Japan, a nearby island nation with less than a tenth of the population of China, has exceeded China in cases, taking on the #45 spot.

The Great Barrington Declaration is only surprising in that the authors had to travel in secret to Great Barrington, MA (a little town in the Berkshires featuring a weird castle, Bard College, and a perfectly average 14-day case rate) to formulate it. The declaration's "Focused Protection" amounts hiding grandma while acquiring herd immunity through normal living for healthy, low-risk young people and school children. They were also interviewed briefly on LockdownTV. The general public as well as other scientists and health care workers are encouraged to sign the declaration.

The Michigan Supreme Court struck down the Emergency Powers of Governor Act (the target of the petition from a week and a half ago) on Friday, though it's still unclear to the Governor whether and for how long her now-illegal orders stand. The attorney behind the case says to "burn your masks".

Massachusetts' cases are up almost two-fifths of a percentage point today.