1/6 Proud to be friend & colleague of Sunetra Gupta, one of world's top epidemiologists, who exposes the outrageous personal attack, shameful false criticisms on expertise, & censorship from biased threatened academics. She, like me, doesn't need approval https://rb.gy/8ygbg1 

2/6 "This pandemic is an international crisis. To shut down the discussion with abuse and smears - that is truly dangerous"

"The level of vitriol and hostility, not just from the public online but from journalists and academics, has horrified me"

3/6 "The reasoned exchange of ideas is the basis of civilised society"

"Academics have (made) personal attacks on my character, while my work is dismissed as ‘pseudo- science’"

"I have been accused of not having the right expertise"

4/6
"...(their) repeatedly published opinion pieces making factually incorrect and scientifically flawed statements, as well as borderline defamatory comments"

"Ultimately the lockdown is a luxury of the affluent"

5/6 "The simple truth is Covid-19 will not just go away if we continue to impose meaningless restrictions on ourselves. And the longer we fail to recognise this, the worse will be the permanent economic damage - the brunt of which will be borne by the disadvantaged and the young"

6/6
"There is now a groundswell of movements - Us For Them, PanData19 and The Price of Panic, to name but three - seeking to give a voice to those, like me, who believe that the collateral damage of lockdown can be worse than the virus itself."

#FactsMatter #TruthWillPrevail