Debunking the False Claim That COVID Death Counts Are Inflated
Rich
Only observations I've made is the directives sops to 'protect' the public.
The mandated measures are grossly inadequate.
One thing that has fallen out of the media's expressions is the phrase, "flattening the curve".
We will all get it.
We will all spread it through its 96% surface contact contamination.
Medicine's and care will help, but not prevent all deaths.
It seems that the most dangerous time was right at the beginning where our treatments were ineffective and it was starting to overwhelm the healthcare systems of highly populated ports of entry. It's still dangerous but we are getting better at treating it, so we have that going for us. Even now, if we let it burn out of control we will be back to the overwhelming local health care systems and that will cause a spike in unneeded deaths.
We would be much, much better off if we had been better at slowing the spread at the beginning which would have made it so the geometric progression of the spread was in an "earlier" state and saved a whole ton of lives, but we are where we are.
https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/what-happens-if-hospitals-reach-maximum-covid-19-capacity/277-de963560-fbae-4e43-bd8c-0684dfe045f5

What happens if Idaho hospitals reach maximum capacity due to coronavirus cases?
“If we have to execute crisis standards then it's a demonstration of the failure of the community," said Saint Alphonsus Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Steven Nemerson.
This article argues that the inflated 2000+ death rate is accurate because C19 present in all situations make a death a C19 death. Total fear-porn.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/31/94-of-americans-who-died-from-covid-19-had-contributing-conditions/

94% of Americans who died from COVID-19 had contributing conditions: CDC
Ninety-four percent of Americans who died from COVID-19 had other “types of health conditions and contributing causes” in addition to the virus, according to a new CDC report. Using provisional dat…
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/5/5/21246567/coronavirus-flu-comparisons-fatality-rate-contagiousness

Covid-19 is way, way worse than the flu
It’s more contagious, deadlier, sneakier, and more likely to cause chaos.
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Jerry Smalling forwarded this chart to us. The numbers are correct. And note that they are expressed as percentages. (I don't like showing these numbers as %, but the chart is still useful. I prefer...
Source: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/939650?src=mkm_covid_update_201022_mscpedit_&uac=207463DR&impID=2633958&faf=1&fbclid=IwAR338ZS80ilSy3xVoC1ZX8oJt1u8FpqfBZ6yXGKJxZQx-ot3aA4QCzhRr8A

FDA Approves Remdesivir, First Treatment for COVID-19
The agency had previously allowed use of remdesivir through an Emergency Use Authorization.