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.
I actually worked backward from a mortality rate of 50 percent, and I arrived at an open case probable number of . . . 24,000. That’s the number I thought we’d hit on Dec 1. Jan 1’s number is 48K.
50% is a conservative mortality rate, but I’ve been adhering to the most conservative case since July.
I think we are still on track. Can’t know for sure any more, because I don’t really think even basic open/dead data sampling is going on right now.
MSF has retreated (amazing). Literally ZERO news is coming from the US Army down there. Rom Klain must be in league with Satan. Who has the power to shut the worldwide press down like this guy did in two short months?