Experts say COVID-19 should not be compared to seasonal influenza, citing intervention measures, differences in death tallying and simple logic.
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I'm not sure what point you wanted to make with the graphic, but whatever you think the numbers on mortality represent, they are highly misleading. That is because of the way the deaths are being counted. The Scientific American article revealed serious issues with counting and admitted that we don't really know the exact numbers. The sources there also argued in favor of counting in a way that inflates the numbers.
The most serious of all number inflating is that the stats used for the mortality rate are not being based on the serious underlying health issues of those in the high-risk groups. And those are where virtually all the deaths are taking place. For example, if someone tests positive for COVID-19, but has an underlying serious disease, the sources I've found indicate that the death will be attributed to COVID-19. This is completely backward from the way deaths from something like cancer have been traditionally counted:
"The underlying cause of death is the health condition that began the chain of events that led to a person's death. For example, if someone dies from pneumonia that was caused by lung cancer, the death will be counted in statistics for lung cancer, not pneumonia."
Cancer death rates are one of the most important measures researchers use to track progress against cancer. American Cancer Society researchers report on cancer death rates annually in the publication, Cancer Facts & Figures. This article explains what a death rate is and when researchers use it.
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So now, it looks like the procedure for gathering statistics on mortality from COVID-19 has become backwards, which
seriously inflates the numbers, which in-turn provides misleading justification for the control measures. In other cases, anyone testing positive for COVID-19 who died has been counted as a death from COVID-19 regardless of whether the were hit by a bus or crushed by a falling piano. This was recently ordered stopped in one state where it was found to be happening, but who knows where else it's been going on? We also know it's happened in other countries.
Additionally,
indirect deaths are also being attributed to COVID-19, but those are representative of the
management of the pandemic, not the disease itself, and include deaths from measures such as the economic shutdown, suicides, overdoses, and whatever else fits depending on which numbers you are looking at. Many of these numbers are ( or at least would have been )
preventable with another management approach.
In the end, the bottom line is that unless a person is in a high-risk group with an underlying condition, it is extremely unlikely that they will die, or even become seriously uncomfortable directly from COVID-19. In fact, the symptoms are often so mild that as many as 40% of those infected don't even know they have it. The rest will recover with minimal discomfort within about 14 days.
The tiny number of the rest are all in high-risk groups, or have underlying conditions that could complicate their existing health condition. Those are the ones who should be given special attention, along with frontline workers. This is the real situation, and it doesn't justify the sweeping control measures that have destroyed hundreds of thousands of business, thrown hundreds of millions into abject poverty, and lowered the quality of life for hundreds of millions more.
Lastly, because of this situation, I'm left to conclude that the masses simply haven't got the time or wherewithal to think deep enough for themselves to see this situation for what it is, and their docile dull-witted compliance is depressing. Even worse, the few who aren't docile but equally misled are just plain offensive. They vandalize cars and think that anyone without a mask is killing their family. They're seriously messed-up.
But there are few alternatives that are any better, which is even more depressing. Honestly, if I could step through a portal into a world where everything else being equal, people are less superficial and treat each other with honesty, appreciation, and respect, I'd be gone this afternoon.
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