Jay Bhattacharya is a professor at Stanford University Medi­cal School currently teaching in the Department of Health Policy. He holds an M.D. and Ph.D. in economics, earned at Stanford University. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a founding fellow of the Academy of Science & Freedom at Hillsdale College. Dr. Bhattacharya co-wrote the Great Barrington Declaration, a focused-protection alternative to lockdowns. Dr. Bhatta­charya’s research focuses on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations, emphasizing the role of government programs, biomedical innovation, and economics. He has published over 165 papers in top peer-reviewed journals in medicine, epidemiology, economics, statistics, health policy, and public health. His email address is jay@​stanford.edu.