[conspire] deaths from COVID

[Michael Paoli]

> From: "paulz at ieee.org" <paulz at ieee.org>
> Subject: [conspire] deaths from COVID
> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 06:49:25 +0000 (UTC)

> I'm seeking some advise on a discussion outside of CABAL.
>
> Someone wrote to me that COVID-19 is much over hyped.
>
>> the CDC just gave a revised death rate.  6% of the prior number.   
>> the other 94% of the deaths were due to on average 2.5  
>> co-morbidities,
>> and those people would have died the next time they caught a cold or flu.
> I tried to find the CDC info, recognizing that lately the CDC has  
> sacrificed it's once sterling reputation for science to appease  
> certain politicians. 
>
> My acquaintance pointed me to  
> https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm
>
>> Table 3 shows the types of health conditions and contributing  
>> causes mentioned in conjunction with deaths involving
>> coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19  
>> was the only cause mentioned. For deaths
>> with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average,  
>> there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death.
>> The number of deaths with each condition or cause is shown for all  
>> deaths and by age groups.
>
> I fail to see that someone with preexisting health problems, will  
> necessarily die from a cold or influenza. 
>
> Comments?

I ran across this post/graph recently - looks pretty dang clear:
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/ioixf3/oc_my_friend_believes_that_covid19_is_overhyped/

There's also basic numbers, like just this year, COVID-19 has killed
well in excess of 1 in 2,000 in the US.

https://www.census.gov/popclock/
330267967
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/
175866
$ echo '175866/330267967*100;330267967/175866' | bc -l
.05324948755929454000
1877.95234439857618868911
$
So, more than 1 per 1,877,
more than 0.05% ... and the year isn't even over yet.

Let's see ...
Gulf War     - US fatalities:     146
Iraq War     - US fatalities:   4,507
Vietnam War  - US fatalities:  58,318
World War I  - US fatalities: 117,466
COVID-19     - US fatalities: 175,866 (>3x Vietnam War, more than WWI)
US Civil War - US fatalities: 365,000
World War II - US fatalities: 419,400