That confirms my thinking as well.
Thanks. Good to know that if I’m nuts, perhaps you are too.
Actually, anyone who stops to do the math will figure it out.
There are a few reasons for 'adjusting' or even just not counting the dead, some are economic, but there is also the thought that if the number of deceased victims were to push the 70% mark, that would be over 12500 dead. Assume the case count is likely inaccurate, too, simply because of the difficulty of dealing with stats under the circumstances.
Numbers that high have a way of capturing people's attention, and the people making policy act as if they want the disease here, in the wild. Why, someone might stridently object to all the openness going on.