WOULD you like to help others understand Covid-19 in the face of overwhelming, false propaganda?
I know, the odds are slim because most people are unwilling to face the traumatizing possibility that they have been misled, but it’s worth trying to reduce the paranoia, frustration and depression that is rampant in areas still under extreme restrictions. To that end, consider making a print-out of all or part of this list, “Facts about Covid-19,” provided by Swiss Propaganda Research.
Include the url to the SPR site so that recipients can access the excellent source links. (Alternately, make a list of the links at the end. The sources are especially important.) Consider handing a print-out to clerks at supermarkets, hardware stores, big box stores and placing one in neighbors’ mailboxes.
I was going to compile a list myself, but I don’t think I could improve on this, except for the mention of Edward Snowden. (Also, I would add that U.S. hospitals receive $13,000 for each Covid patient and $39,000 for each patient put on a ventilator.) Here is the list, dated May 6, 2020 (it will be updated):
1. According to data from the best-studied countries and regions, the lethality of Covid-19 is on average about 0.2%, which is in the range of a severe influenza (flu) and about twenty times lower than originally assumed by the WHO.
2.Even in the global “hotspots”, the risk of death for the general population of school and working age is typically in the range of a daily car ride to work. The risk was initially overestimated because many people with only mild or no symptoms were not taken into account.
3.Up to 80% of all test-positive persons remain symptom-free. Even among 70-79 year olds, about 60% remain symptom-free. Over 95% of all persons show mild symptoms at most.
4.Up to one third of all persons already have a certain background immunity to Covid-19 due to contact with previous coronaviruses (i.e. common cold viruses).
5.The median or average age of the deceased in most countries (including Italy) is over 80 years and only about 1% of the deceased had no serious preconditions. The age and risk profile of deaths thus essentially corresponds to normal mortality.
6.In most Western countries, 50 to 70% of all extra deaths occurred in nursing homes, which do not benefit from a general lockdown. Moreover, in many cases it is not clear whether these people really died from Covid-19 or from extreme stress, fear and loneliness. (more…)
