Didn’t I read the other day that the total deaths this year fron WuhanVirus, Flu and colds (all classified as Caronavirus) is much the same as the total last year? Does anyone recall that story?
There was a post or article somewhere the other day comparing 2019 - 2020 but I don’t remember the details.
There’s a few problems with that. 1) Influenza and COVID aren’t even remotely related. And there were no COVID deaths from last year. 2) Flu deaths are typically grouped by flu seasons, which run October to May. Not by calendar year. 3) Only 4 of the over 200 viruses known to cause the common cold are coronaviruses. Most colds are caused by a rhinovirus. 5) Total deaths are about 300,000 over what they’ve been the previous 5 years. That’s 300,000 over the threshold that’s considered “excess”, which already allows for normal variation.
So basically no part of any of that has any basis in reality.