A Herd of Jokers?

I don't think it's advisable to let people sign things concerned with 'life or death' decisions'on-line' (with just an email address). The Great Barrington declaration essentially called for an easing of lockdown measures, except for those who are most vulnerable when being infected by Covid-19 (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/09/herd-immunity-letter-signed-fake-experts-dr-johnny-bananas-covid). The declaration was, effectively, calling for people to rely on 'herd immunity', by having a mild infection. It somewhat down-played the effects of 'long covid' (people having long-lasting medical conditions as a result of being infected) and 'silent' transmission of the virus in asymptomatic people. The strategy, to work, would also have to ensure that the vulnerable groups were genuinely quarantined from the rest of society (deemed 'age apartheid' by some authorities and actually not that easy to do). Although some of the many signatories on the declaration are genuine specialists with real qualifications, other names are clearly bogus (including 'Dr Johnny Bananas' and 'Professor Cominic Dummings'). The extensive list also includes a goodly sprinkling of homeopaths and other 'alternative medicine' folk. This kind of exercise (apparently hatched in a US ski resort, home to a Right wing study group) just adds to the problem of sensibly discussing strategic differences in responding to the pandemic. Worryingly, I suspect that many of the individuals reading the declaration, would not even have bothered to look at the names of the claimed signatories, along with their 'qualifications'. I really don't think this is a joking matter (and I don't think I have lost my sense of humour)!