There’s no doubt this thing is bad. But we do need to question some of the stats.
We simply cannot calculate the mortality rate when we have NO IDEA of the actual infection rate. Death vs CONFIRMED cases means nothing. In the U.K. when we were at 2,000 confirmed cases they were estimating there were probably over 100,000 cases in total. That makes a rather large difference to the mortality rate calculation.
Another flaw is the death count. EVERYONE who dies, who has the virus, is counted as being killed by the virus, but this is just not true. Did you know that on average 1,600 people die in the U.K. every day? Now, seeing as the vast majority of covid19 deaths are elderly people with underlying health issues, many of them are clearly from the same ‘cluster’ that make up the 1,600 per day normal death rate.
Bottom line gents is that the stats that are being floated around at present really are meaningless.
If they are driving policy, that’s worrying.