I deleted a post because CBA to have to go through the derp process with deniers.
Cliffs is claim 50K excess deaths due to flu in 2018.
Reality= only 34% of those deaths were from respiratory diseases of which flu is one subset. Actual admissions to ICU from flu were not remotely comparable to those we have seen with C19.
We also had the beast from the east that winter, a very severe cold winter. Unlike this year, weather was great during lockdown.
Its of course hugely significant that we had our excess death spike in Spring 2020 not winter, and its exactly those kinds of details cognitive dissonance experts like Billy wont engage with.
More people dying in cold winter is apples to a more people dying in warm spring oranges.
https://assets.publishing.service.go...17_to_2018.pdf
Also I suggested that deniers should be able to post their subjective opinions but should be under strict citation rules to support those opinions. A claim such as " covid would go away on its own" must be supported by evidence or ban imo.
Last edited by O.A.F.K.1.1; 08-06-2020 at 07:52 AM.