Statistical Disinfo
May 7, 2020
JOHNS HOPKINS University as of today is reporting a total of 73,095 U.S. deaths, and climbing, from the coronavirus, statistics that are in shocking contrast to those provided by the Centers for Disease Control.
According to the CDC, as of May 2, 2020, 44,016 people had died of the virus, and the death rate was rapidly tumbling, consistent with the familiar pattern of contagious respiratory disease. Last week, there were only 631 Covid deaths in the entire country, according to the CDC.
Now it may be that the CDC will revise its statistics, but it is inconceivable that they will reach the level of those by Johns Hopkins. We also know all these figures are inflated because of testimony from relatives, public officials and funeral homes, and we will never know the real death toll. But Johns Hopkins appears to be engaging in flagrant disinformation by presenting a death rate so sharply different from the official toll.
Look at the CDC chart carefully, and see how it fits the pattern described by epidemiologists presented in various posts here. We see a sharp peak for two weeks and then a precipitous fall. Only 631 deaths recorded for last week and yet much of the country remains shutdown.
Also, the total number of deaths from February 1, 2020 to May 2, 2020 is three percent less than the average total number of deaths for the same time period during the years 2017-19. Do you ever hear that on the news?