And if there is no where near 480,000 deaths, does he lose his “expert” status? I’m sure he won’t.
Swine flu killed more. It’s telling his “worst case” isn’t even as bad as Swine flu. We’re being fed a pack of gaslighting half truths and flat out lies.
This is the same guy that was hyping bird flu back in the mid-2000’s. He was certain that it was going to be apocalyptic.
each year, 1.8 million people over the age of 70 die in the united states.
Most of the deaths are old people, usually with other serious medical conditions.
If you assume that 480,000 old people will die of this, and that NONE of them were going to die anyway this year, you will increase the death total this year to 2.3 million.
But then, that’s 500,000 less people to die in the following years, so the death count will go down for a while. We were ALL going to die eventually. And while I want to fully test and treat every old person who needs it, there is a truth that an 85-year-old living in a full-care nursing home who dies is not considered as tragic as an 11-year-old killed in a helicopter crash.
1.8 million people over age 70 die every year, and the only ones you know about are your friends/family/relatives, and famous people. It isn’t news.