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Official data from Italy:
- average age of victims: 79,5 y/o.
- only 5 victims below 40, all of whom already suffered other illnesses.
- only 3 victims in total did not have other contributing illnesses.
@Tony__Heller ; @fmeeus1 ; @EcoSenseNow https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/coronavirus-italien-gruende-1.4851458?referrer=push
- average age of victims: 79,5 y/o.
- only 5 victims below 40, all of whom already suffered other illnesses.
- only 3 victims in total did not have other contributing illnesses.
@Tony__Heller ; @fmeeus1 ; @EcoSenseNow https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/coronavirus-italien-gruende-1.4851458?referrer=push
Every victim is of course 1-2-many.
But I think this supports the view that, if the world had not begun testing for covid19, the world would not have noticed anything remarkable.
The lockdowns seem unwarranted.
But I think this supports the view that, if the world had not begun testing for covid19, the world would not have noticed anything remarkable.
The lockdowns seem unwarranted.
disclaimer: in light of the panic that has been spreading like wildfile, I do think the lockdowns are to some extent understandable, perhaps even defensible. We want to minimize infections knowing that everyone with a cough will be running to the hospital, clogging the ICUs.
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The point is of course that the panic was unwarranted to begin with.
No panic. No clogging of hospitals.
No panic. No lockdowns.
No panic. No clogging of hospitals.
No panic. No lockdowns.
Also salient:
(a) number of flu patients in Italy this year strongly decreased as numbers of covid-patients increased.
(b) in the same period last year, flu numbers in Italy were considerably higher than they are now.
Left: 2018/19
Right: 2019/20 (mind: differing scales!)
(a) number of flu patients in Italy this year strongly decreased as numbers of covid-patients increased.
(b) in the same period last year, flu numbers in Italy were considerably higher than they are now.
Left: 2018/19
Right: 2019/20 (mind: differing scales!)
