“No, I very clearly did account for that when I said that their total deaths would surpass us within about a month...”
Your extrapolation may be correct.....and then again it may not.
It is a projection. What has happened in the past year plus is fact. Much has been said about the poor reporting of deaths from China virus in India (under counting). In America we have the same problem but in the other direction.
I personally think it’s all bullsh*t. First HCQ works, then it doesn’t despite clinical studies proving it has a marked effect if administered within 5 days of a diagnosis, then Ivermectin works according to studies, then suddenly it doesn’t, we must wear masks, then masks are useless....like I said pure BS and all about controlling us like freakin’ animals.
I’m in SC and virtually no one wears a mask anywhere unless a store requires it and I promise you I am seeing more and more people in these stores NOT wearing masks and no one says a word. I’m one of them.
Initial reports with HCQ claimed miracle cure status. Then people actually tried it and it was found to be useless. Some very small studies with Ivermectin have suggested potential for reducing the risk of progression to severe (e.g. hospitalization). Those studies have all been small (larger studies are underway in a few places, but not complete). Some have also tried it with hospitalized patients and found no effect. Once you’re in the hospital, it’s useless.
Masks are useful while indoors in public places among people from different cohorts (primarily defined along household lines). They reduce the range and volume of respiratory droplets, which are the primary driver of infection transmission. Given a small enough space and a sufficiently long time, aerosols from an infected person can saturate the air enough that spread happens regardless. This can be solved with adequate ventilation for indoor spaces. Outside, masks are virtually useless, except when people are on basically top of one another (like at a protest).
Things like shutting down the beaches were ridiculous moves that went against all the available science. Same really for shutting down businesses. What was needed was Sweden’s path of helping businesses understand how to operate safely while preventing panic through competent leadership. President Trump did everything he could to help the states and kickstart the vaccines to end this whole thing, but the governors and state health officials absolutely bombed the response. And we’re all left paying the price for it.