'Perspectives on the Pandemic Episode 5: In this highly-charged follow-up interview, Knut Wittkowski says his initial claim has been vindicated: The lockdowns - always a dubious proposition for a respiratory virus - came too late in the U.S. and elsewhere, and were therefore even worse than useless. By turns emotional and darkly comic, Wittkowski ranges across all the essential topics of the crisis, and gives answers you are unlikely to see in the major media. Not to be missed.' Watch previous episodes of Perspectives on the Pandemic plus a transcript of this interview can be found here: https://www.thepressandthepublic.com/latest And, read Wittkowski's study here: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.28.20... Video Timeline 00:15-Wittkowski explains his background 02:17-Reaching herd immunity in New York City 03:48-Does Wittkowski have a political agenda in his science? 04:44-How has Wittkowski’s assessment of the epidemic panned out? 07:37-Were peak infection rates reached before lockdown in some countries? 10:38-The state of New York City hospitals 12:01-Are we past peak COVID-19 infections? 14:00-On contact tracing 14:40-Were early calculations an honest mistake? 19:44-Did public officials forget that lockdown would cause more deaths? 22:20-Does COVID-19 self-limit? 25:41-Approaching herd immunity 28:43-Could we have reached herd immunity sooner? 33:35-Is sunshine and being outdoors really a way to combat COVID-19? 35:22-Bill Gates’ role in the pandemic 38:20-Debating the necessity of lockdowns to combat COVID-19 39:46-On the latest antibody tests and studies to have come out 44:16-COVID-19 is not fundamentally different than any other flu 47:43-Who is benefitting from the pandemic? 50:40-What’s happening in Sweden 52:07-Are we heading for a second spike of COVID-