SHUT DOWN COVID-19!
SHUT DOWN IN-PERSON SCHOOLS!
STRIKE – WALKOUT – SICKOUT
Weekly Reports at BAMN Public Tribunals by
BAMN’s COVID-19 expert Neal Lyons
As an organizer for the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights & Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), Neal Lyons has committed his life to the fight for equality, civil rights and immigrant rights. Mr. Lyons is a dedicated student of science and graduate of the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor. During the pandemic he began a rigorous study of the science, economics and policy of COVID-19, while making use of the history of previous pandemics. Mr. Lyons possesses an uncanny ability to convey complex scientific and political phenomena in a way that is at once coherent and practical. Most importantly, unlike most public health experts and politicians, Mr. Lyons is unwavering when it comes to speaking the plain truth. The movement for equality and justice can be proud to call Mr. Lyons a leader of its ranks.
COVID-19 Scientific Report #1 by Neal Lyons on 01/17/2022 at BAMN Public Tribunal
COVID-19 Scientific Report #2 by Neal Lyons on 01/22/2022 at BAMN Public Tribunal
Second in BAMN’s ongoing series of Public Tribunals to Fight for Full Virtual Learning and to Defeat COVID-19. Held on January 22, 2022, the Tribunal’s participants voted unanimously to call for a National Day of Action on January 28, 2022 to broaden and deepen the movement with more student walkouts, sickouts, car caravans, and other protests to Shut Down COVID-19 and Shut Down In-Person Schools Now!
COVID-19 Scientific Report #3 by Neal Lyons on 01/29/2022 at BAMN Public Tribunal
Third in BAMN’s ongoing series of Public Tribunals to Fight for Full Virtual Learning and to Defeat COVID-19. Held on January 29 2022, the presentation focuses on how important school closures have proven to be in reducing the spread of COVID in countries across the world and why this critical strategy to save lives has apparently been taken off the table by every US politician, school administrator and TV pundit. The science is clear: Shut it down and we can save lives and finally get the pandemic under control. Keep re-opening and we will continue to see cycle after cycle of death and sickness.
COVID-19 Scientific Report #4 by Neal Lyons on 02/5/2022 at BAMN Public Tribunal
#4 in BAMN’s ongoing series of Public Tribunals to Fight for Full Virtual Learning and to Defeat COVID-19. Held on February 5, 2022, this presentation centers on the economics and politics behind the US’ terrible COVID policies: BAMN COVID-19 & science expert Neal Lyons reviews the latest news and information on the COVID-19 pandemic
HIGHLIGHTS:
*Bad policies around COVID not just because policymakers are stupid. Although that’s true, their stupidity has real reasoning and real interests behind it.
*US is the world leader in COVID death; US is #1 (total deaths and per capita) Everyone has same virus coming after them, right? So why is it so bad in US?
*The single biggest factor in mortality, which determines whether you live or die, is what country you live in and thats because of the policies of those countries.
*1 of every 311,000 people in China has died from COVID
*1 of every 400 people in the US has died from COVID
*180x more dead in US than China from COVID
**If US had China rate of death we would just b passing 1000 deaths now! @1,000,000 dead in the US by April 2022 Australia has 2000 deaths so far; New Zealand 51; China around 5000 (reminder: 1.5 billion people live in China)
*We could have avoided more than 899,000 of the 900,000 deaths from COVID so far in the US if we had just copied what other nations have done How can simple policies cause so much of a difference?
-Vaccines – mandates, proof of vaccination requirements
-Shutdowns and school closures – studies show 58% reduction in deaths just from school closures alone
-Masks – good quality N95 masks with mandates
-widespread testing and contact tracing so we isolate the infected
Together, these simple policies can save many many lives. BAMN is committed to saving as many as possible.
*A lot of very irresponsible propaganda on all sides – US and China. A lot of anti-China propaganda criticizes China’s “lack of freedom” for implementing lockdowns.
Let’s get real.
In the US, we don’t have the freedom to keep ourselves safe. Either we have forced re-openings or forced lockdowns. Neither one is “freedom”. Only difference is that forced re-openings cause a lot more people to die than the forced lockdowns.
Economic considerations are the main reasons for massive push to re-open schools. This is NOT a conspiracy theory. It is discussed openly and has been since the beginning of the pandemic in various economic journals and articles.
As of September 2020, estimates were that the US economy could face a $15 trillion hit as a result of school closures.
Rivalry between US & China and particular limitations of today’s US economy as sources of US’ decision to be far more reckless in its COVID policies
**The challenge we face is how do we make ourselves more powerful than the small clot of billionaires that currently determine COVID policy? That requires building a movement. And that is what these Public Tribunals are intended to do – to raise the level of consciousness and understanding of leaders and organizers of that movement.
We are not safe, until everyone is safe!
We know the policies exist that can put an end to this pandemic. We just need to fight to get them implemented. BAMN is fighting and organizing to build a movement to do just that.
COVID-19 Scientific Report #5 by Neal Lyons on 02/12/2022 at BAMN Public Tribunal
Weekly National Public Tribunal for
Full Virtual Learning and to
Defeat the COVID-19 Pandemic:
EVERY SATURDAY 1PM EST / 10AM PST Join the tribunal on ZOOM
Visit www.BAMN.com/COVIDTribunal for link
Join students and teachers across the nation: organize walkouts, sickouts, protests, and car caravans to shut down schools now!
-Shut down in-person schools immediately; provide remote learning resources for all!
-Mandatory vaccination for all students and school employees!
-Mandatory mask use, with districts providing high quality N95, KN95, or KF94 respirators for all!
-Mandatory PCR testing and contact tracing
-Expand paid leave and economic assistance for parents and families, to support their children’s ability to learn remotely!
-End the racist, second-class treatment of minority and immigrant communities—full resources and rights to health care regardless of documentation or status!
