The evidence that has developed over the last incredible nine months has shown beyond any reasonable doubt that the regulations imposed to allegedly defeat the Corona virus, Covid 19, may have been effective in the short run, but it is long past time to eliminate them. In fact, the top epidemiologists at Harvard, Stanford and Oxford Universities have banded together and gained the agreement and support of over 7,000 other physicians and scientists that mandatory across the board social distancing and masks are ineffective, contraindicated and should be stopped as soon as possible (https://youtu.be/rz_Z7Gf1aRE). In spite of this, Leftist Government despots, with the usual willing complicity of the news media, are now stubbornly clinging to their new-found power to regulate the people beyond all evidence and rational thought.
We now know that the death rate for Covid 19, which as of now has no known vaccine, is stunningly similar to and even less than that for ordinary flu, which does have a vaccine. And even these statistics are probably significantly overstated, as we know that the death rate attributed to Covid 19 is an artificially inflated statistic. In spite of these now undeniable facts, eight months after lock downs were ordered for a limited two-week period, governments, mostly in Democrat controlled areas, demand universal mask wearing, social distancing, limited public gatherings, business closures or severe limits and ultimately the threat of more total lock downs.
According to the CDC official statistics published on October 10, 2020, the day of this writing, the overall USA national death rate for Covid 19 is .064%, i.e. on average if you have the disease your chances of dying are about one in two thousand. Check it out if you don’t believe me. And, this includes all ages! By far the deaths are clustered in the elderly, people over the age of 70. Thus, for the average population of people under the age of 70 the chances of death from this disease are infinitesimal. This is not your chances of getting it. These are your chances of dying if you do in fact have it. This is why the top epidemiologists in the world are arguing that the general population should have no restrictions on their activities and there should be business as usual. They will get it of course, just like they get the common flu, colds and a host of other seasonal viruses; nor do they risk serious consequences any more than these other common diseases; and they will quickly gain an immunity; herd immunity.
For the vulnerable population, (mostly the elderly and a very limited segment of the younger population with specific risk factors) the experts recommend protections including limitations on social activities, masks, social distancing and the like. Nursing homes for example should have appropriate pre-cautions in effect, others at risk should limit their activities. These limitations should be voluntary and not mandatory.
One argument in opposition to a generally open society is that when the young are exposed the elderly, who live with them or have no other support, will necessarily be exposed. This may be true in a limited number of cases as many of the vulnerable are already in nursing homes, assisted living or still live on their own. But is it better to cripple the economy and spend over one and a half trillion dollars on stimulus checks for every worker put out of work, or is it better to provide financial and other support like home health visits for the limited vulnerable population that needs it while the mainstream of society goes about business as usual? Can the cost of helping the limited few vulnerable be anywhere close to the devastating cost of complete social and economic shut down? The experts overwhelmingly say open society up for the vast majority of citizens and stop the mandatory depravations of civil rights for the masses.
In addition to the above, it is highly likely that the death rate for Covid 19 is significantly overstated. There have been numerous highly publicized cases of alleged Covid 19 deaths that were clearly falsified. For example, deaths form alcohol overdose in a young person, a death from severe injuries in a motorcycle accident, and a person with unrelated major pre-existing conditions listed as a Covid 19 death based on an “inconclusive” test. The leftwing media argues these cases were delisted, but isn’t that simply because of the publicity of their inaccuracy in the first instance? The question is: why were they listed in the first place and how many of the thousands of other facially inaccurate listings of Covid 19 deaths, too many to individually be highlighted in the news, are inaccurate as well?
Although it’s been widely reported that the CDC’s statistics show only 6% of all deaths attributed to Covid 19 are reported as being from Covid 19 alone, this does not necessarily mean that the remainder are not properly classified as Covid 19 deaths. Covid 19 might lead to pneumonia and then further lead to heart failure, for example, which would be properly listed as a Covid 19 death. On the other hand, a majority of these cases have at least one and, in most cases, several co-morbidities listed (on average 2.6) that, in and of themselves, are potentially fatal and are not caused by Covid 19. In fact, stunningly, as of this October 7, 2020, there are 6,659 cases of alleged Covid 19 deaths where additional causes of death are listed as “Intentional and unintentional injury, poisoning and other adverse events.”https://cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm). This category is by definition almost entirely made up of bogus cases. More importantly, the very fact that such cases are included in the CDC official total of Covid 19 deaths, calls into question the entire statistic. Other cases are almost certainly bogus as well; but, without the full charts and a thorough analysis of other factors, this cannot be determined. However, the accuracy of classification of the remainder of cases as caused by Covid 19 has to be seriously in doubt.
In addition to the suspicious co-morbidities and reported cases of mislabeling of deaths, there is the underlying criterion for coding and the financial motivations to mislabel deaths which contributes to the unreliable statistics. Until September of this year it was not even required by the CDC to have a positive test for Covid 19 to list it as a cause of death. Physicians were allowed and even urged to list it where it was only suspected.
According to noted Dr. Andrew Bostom, MD and author:
“The CDC guidelines allow excess leeway for true non-COVID-19 primary causes of death to be ignored, especially among the frail of any age group, with serious chronic or acute co-morbidity, when such persons simply test “PCR positive” for COVID-19 within 30-60 days of their demise. This kind of inappropriate coding could affect a large percentage of CDC-designated C19 deaths.” See also: Gateway Pundit.
It is widely recognized that numerous physicians have reported that they have been pressured to code deaths as Covid 19 related. And these reports have been equally widely censored by internet media sources such as Facebook and twitter.
As importantly there are significant financial inducements to report a Covid 19 diagnosis. While not all persons in the United States are insured for medical needs, payment for Covid 19 treatment is guaranteed by the Federal Government. This was done as part of the rapidly passed stimulus package pushed through in the early days of the “pandemic.” In addition, the amount of the payment under Medicare and Medicaid is increased if Covid 19 is added to the diagnosis. As a result, there is a huge financial inducement to overreport Covid 19 as a diagnosis and cause of death. As we all know, and the Democrats never let us forget, most other first world countries have government paid universal medical coverage. There is no inducement in these countries to over report Covid 19 as a diagnosis since all treatment is covered in any event. The opposite is true in the United States. Other countries such as China, Russia and others, reporting is simply unreliable and almost certainly understated as a matter of course. This is obviously why the United States, a country with one of the best, if not the best, health care system in the world has what appears to be a higher death rate in Covid 19 cases than the rest of the industrialized world.
While individually these factors raise questions, taken as a whole, they indicate that the CDC numbers regarding Covid 19 mortality in the United States are almost certainly deceptively high. The left-wing media concentrates on one point or the other, but never discusses the entire picture, which when viewed in this light, strongly suggests the entire Covid 19 “pandemic,” is falsely hyped into hysteria. Based mon all of the above, we can conclude with certainty that the mortality rate of Covid 19 is very low based on the accepted statistics from the CDC and even these statistics are most likely significantly overstated.
The very low mortality of Covid 19 calls into question the significant restrictions put on the general population and this is the basis of the call by preeminent epidemiologists to eliminate them. This includes the much-vaunted mask requirement. They claim that the general population is not more at risk from Covid 19 than other common illnesses and does not justify mandatory restrictions their activities. Further, since they are not greatly at risk of death or serious illness, there is no reason to try to stop the spread in the general population since this would rather quickly and without great loss, create the much-valued herd immunity. They actually state that this could occur in as little as three months without artificial restrictions on the general population. Once achieved, the vulnerable would no longer be at increased risk as well.
The left leaning scientific community and media claim that when social distancing restrictions are loosened, Covid 19 cases increase… Duh? Thank you for that insight. Of course, if we all stayed home and never went out, no one would get Covid 19 or colds, regular flu, or any other of the myriad of communicable diseases humans spread among each other on a regular basis. But at the same time, we’d all starve to death. Society is essential for production of the goods and services we all depend on for life. We are social animals and we need and depend on the society of others in countless ways. Without it there is no society or civilization itself. Our founders created the constitution and its amendments to guarantee us the “pursuit of happiness,” not to protect us from every hazard life may present.
The creation of mass hysteria over Covid 19 is intentionally done to justify an expansion of the limits of governmental power well beyond the constitution and to create a permanent “emergency” power to restrict personal freedoms and control over the economy and ultimately all personal wealth. But the facts are that Covid 19 is not as dangerous as originally thought and we have already developed effective treatment regimens and new drugs to make it even less dangerous. President Trump’s rapid recovery is a testament to that fact. As he articulately said, “Don’t let it dominate your life.” The facts are that mandatory masks and social distancing and business closures for the masses are not based on “the science.” It’s time to get a grip and get on with life.