Originally Posted by
Chik
I would think that those parody signatures were not left by people who support the declaration, but that's just my guess.
Since spring, Gupta from Oxford has been consistently expressing views that are inconsistent with the mainstream scientific and medical community, which might make one wonder if she knows something others don't. To me, what she says is usually, if not always, counterintuitive, but what do I know? Which in turn is why I phrased my OP about the declaration the way I did.
(Similarly, I am not qualified to know if the mainstream are correct, particularly given that we are still learning about the virus, but personally, I would err on the side of being too cautious and have a difficult time sympathising with people who constantly moan about having to wear a mask.)