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Another Doctor Argues Against Lockdown: It’s Time We Ended This Disastrous Policy

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Another Doctor Argues Against Lockdown: It’s Time We Ended This Disastrous Policy — A person holds a sign during a Reopen New Jersey protest in Point Pleasant, N.J., on May 25, 2020. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

Benjamin Turner, MD

By Benjamin Turner, MD

5/31/2020Updated: 6/1/2020

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Add my name to the list of physicians who cannot stay silent any longer. The lockdowns must end. They must end immediately and in earnest, not a slow sinking into a morass of rules so complex, illogical, and destructive of privacy as to make lockdown look enjoyable.

Benjamin Turner, MD

Benjamin Turner, MD

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Benjamin Turner, MD, MA, FRCSC, is general surgeon working in Alberta, BC and the Yukon.

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