Is Tyler Cowen's Critique of Great Barrington Dec. Right?

In an article yesterday, “A Dangerous Libertarian Strategy for Herd Immunity,” Bloomberg, October 15, George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen criticizes the now-famous Great Barrington Declaration.

This response is in two parts. Part 2 will follow tomorrow.

I’ll consider Cowen’s arguments one by one. The quoted sections are his and the non-quoted sections are mine.

But first I’ll point out two things.