Review
Talk about politically incorrect! Great collection of eye-opening, thought-provoking essays. --Larry Elder, Nationally Syndicated Radio Talk Show Host
The author of the book, Covid-19 A Physician s Take On The Exaggerated Fear Of The Coronavirus is certainly not scared of expressing controversial views that are protected by America s long-standing tradition of freedom of speech. Dr Barke s book supports the idea that medical doctors have to calibrate the public interest of living in a real world of risk, danger, and opportunity with fundamental questions of a patient s health and safety. Dr Barke believes that the US government and many scientists and medical doctors being interviewed on television are being overly cautious on how the coronavirus should be dealt with. For example, Dr Barke does not hesitate to question the silence of other medical professionals over the need to have people build their natural immune systems as a defence against the coronavirus. And he spends a good number of pages of his book questioning the effectiveness of facemasks as a protection against the spread of Covid-19. He then makes this highly telling point: A 0.12 micron Covid-19 virus particle will pass through an ordinary surgical mask easily as well as any homemade [face-covering] cloth product. It is the equivalent of erecting a chain-link fence to keep out mosquitoes. This makes the protections that masks provide dubious. I felt like I had made a major discovery about the limits of the protectiveness of a facemask against Covid-19. It is one of several revelations by Dr Barke in his book that are worth considering. They are also worth sharing. The reference he makes to social distancing comparing the distances recommended in Africa and the U.S. makes interesting reading. . . . if I m six feet away from another person, am I safe? he asks. Then adds tellingly: The Europeans and Africans maintain a metre (about three feet) of separation. But why not four feet or eight feet? Because six feet was thought to be an easily remembered and calibrated number. But there is zero science for any amount of social distancing that we have been led to believe is an untouchable element of the defence against the coronavirus. My overall view is that Dr Barke presents a calming approach to an over-panicked global reaction towards managing or containing the coronavirus that it knows little about and must learn more about to save human lives. Modern society has gone overboard with deploying bacterial soaps, lotions and cleaning products, argues Dr Barke. They indiscriminately kill germs, yes, but they also wipe out the good bacteria that help maintain a strong and diverse microbiome against potential diseases. Reading the book, one gets the sense that there are some commercial forces that might be pushing scientists, the media and politicians toward solutions of containing the virus through expensive methods involving costly (and highly profitable) vaccines, sanitizers, cleaners, etc. Missing significantly, in the campaign to defeat Covid-19, are discussions to do with eating healthy and taking vitamin tablets that Dr Barke recommends. To me, Dr Barke comes across in the book as someone who is proposing simpler and cheaper solutions towards containing Covid-19. While I am optimistic that a vaccine is on the way, I even wonder if we will ever get one that is affordable to all peoples worldwide. This 72-page book is a must-read for everyone in positions of responsibility for ensuring the good health of others and avoiding unnecessary loss of life during the Covid-19 pandemic. --Emmanuel Koro, Johannesburg-based journalist covering environmental and development issues in Africa.
In this short, powerful collection of essays, a physician and local leader in Orange County, California, offers his reality check to the standard mainstream government and media messaging about the COVID-19 pandemic. His position is that absurd, over-reactive government and societal responses to the coronavirus, like school and business closures, have destroyed common sense, threatened the healthy exchange of germs, and sucker-punched economic norms. He posits that COVID-19 only presents flu-like symptoms in relatively healthy people under age 65. Those at risk should stay home, and the rest of the American population, including and especially kids, should get back to mask-free school, work, and everyday life. Dr. Barke s provocative assertions are delivered with a clear readable language that a layperson can understand and follow. His observations are timely in a dynamic situation, and his succinct chapters are well-written and persuasive with their authoritative voice and confident stance. His dual backgrounds in medicine and school oversight lend weight to his opinions. Some readers may, at times, seek additional substantiation to the book s more noteworthy claims. The statement, for example, that COVID-19 is cured by a cocktail of easily attainable and known remedies is delivered with anecdotal reference to a successful physician but without the typical trappings of cited studies and scientific references. Still, hunger by many readers for information on this topic is undoubtedly vast, and this book of intriguing medical and sociological commentary reads like a page-turner. It is a compelling and optimistic assessment that offers thought-provoking alternatives to what may otherwise be accepted by some as inarguable truths. --U.S. Review of Books
About the Author
Dr. Jeffrey I. Barke is a board certified primary care physician who has a concierge practice based in Newport Beach, California. He completed his medical school training and family practice residency at the University of California, Irvine, and earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California. During his more than 20 years as a physician, he has served as an associate clinical professor at the University of California Irvine s Medical School, chairman of the Family Medicine Department at Hoag Memorial Hospital, on the board of directors of the Orange County Medical Association and as medical director of Pathways to Independence. Dr. Barke was elected to three, four-year terms as a member of the Los Alamitos Unified School District Board of Education and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Roosmoor Community Services District. Dr. Barke is a co-founder and current board chair of Orange County Classical Academy, a free public charter school in Orange, California. Dr. Barke also serves as a reserve deputy and tactical physician for the Orange County Sheriff s Department. Dr. Barke co-authored The Essential Diet Planning Kit with Godfrey Harrs in 2005. He has appeared multiple times on the Dennis Prager Show, the Larry Elder Show, and on Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Mari Barke, who is the vice president of the Orange County Board of Education. They have two adult children, both of whom live out of state.
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