The basis for the second lockdown is on numbers, numbers that are broadcast everywhere everyday. But only certain numbers get media coverage. Testing is supposed to uncover new cases giving an indication of the impending threat but in reality it does not matter if 50% or 100% of the population have the virus. All that matters are the numbers in hospital and the numbers who have died as only these numbers reflect the threat to the nation.
As of yesterday, 315 people were in hospital with the virus, which is 0.0064% of the population of Ireland. It seems preposterous that we cannot handle this without locking down the entire country.
According to the WHO, around 10% of people have or have had the virus, so about 490,000 in Ireland. Total deaths are 1882, which is a death rate of 0.38%. Once again, this doesn't seem like a very frightening number.
Covid-19 is more mass hysteria than pandemic at this stage.
No comments:
Post a Comment