Jay Bhattacharya has substantial qualifications for leading the NIH, but his predictions during the COVID-19 pandemic were often alarmingly incorrect, undermining public health strategy.
His early estimations of COVID-19 mortality were significantly underestimated, asserting death totals that later turned out to be a fraction of the actual toll.
The Great Barrington Declaration, co-written by Bhattacharya, proposed an impractical strategy that failed to account for the nuances of herd immunity and the risks to caregivers.
Bhattacharya's assertion that a majority of Indians possessed natural immunity to COVID-19, without supporting evidence, contributed to dangerous misinformation amidst a devastating surge.
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