Timing is about right for a downturn
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Could very well be. For the purpose of this exercise I am just looking at the published numbers and trying to find the trends.
As many have pointed out, and even Dr. Birx has admitted, the deaths are over-counted for example; but, as long as the methodology used by all the various agencies reporting remains fairly CONSISTENT, then I think it is still possible to do a valid trend analysis.