I hate agreeing with Trump who usually seems either mad or to stand for things I hate (that stupid wall). But again I find myself supporting him on these death figures.
Isn’t it obvious, looking at the world, that only the Death Four (or five) have really big problems with Covid 19?
Even there this virus is clearly trivial for 99% who catch it and only serious for the tiny percentage of vulnerable - mainly the elderly.
But looking at most countries the Death Rate compared to the amount of cases of infection has been minuscule; like a bad flu season.
Including the USA. Don’t fall for the “every death is a tragedy” rubbish spouted by the gullibles.
Every day millions die. Cancer; car accidents; heart attacks; strokes; sepsis; flu; covid19.
How we deal with it is the important thing. How we protect the vulnerable. How we treat those infected.
It’s been totally beyond me for years why smoking hasn’t been banned globally.
Filthy habit, directly causing many more deaths every day than Covid19 at its peak.
A simple way to reduce deaths.
So ignoring the fact that Covid19 is mainly a trivial virus means taking a route that will cause (and has caused) FAR greater problems (and deaths). NOT concentrating on protecting the vulnerable, treating those seriously infected, finding a vaccine and doing stupid things like trying to “stop the spread” (impossible) ignores the fact that this virus is here, will spread, needs concentrated effort.
Trump is absolutely right.
Compare the quantity of cases to the death rate.
The USA seems to be doing fine compared to the Death Four.

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Absolutely agree.

This link provides a clear guide to the actual fatality rates per country against infections as opposed to numbers of people.

coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality

As you pojnt out JK we are outliers at 15.1% case fatality and the US 3.3%.

Trump is correct on this point just couldn't articulate it; as he struggles to do with any subject beyond what he wants for tea...

My suspicion is our appalling rate is largely down to our botched response to care homes/protecting vulnerable.

Elsewhere, Boris gets ever tougher in his attempt to win back the love of the people and allows councils to bulldoze buildings as a response to the virus:

www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/08/04/...ngs-new-powers-stop/

That'll sort it given it is transmitted through the air between people.

Why not just employ the newly unemployed to clean the building safely?

Scaremongering; what scaremongering!!

The director of the Wellcome Trust was interviewed on Hardtalk recently and Stephen Sackur asked him something along the lines of why UK policy hadn't been to target protection at the vulnerable. He replied that that would have been difficult or impossible to single them out.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lntw

Yes (I love HardTalk Jo; very under rated show). That is typical of the moronic approach taken by the majority. Absolutely correct if the media image of Covid19 is believed; not just difficult but impossible to single out the vulnerable. If, however, my assumption was correct (media inflate everything and it was only lethal to a tiny percentage, mainly the elderly); it was not just incredibly easy but essential (and inexpensive) to target care homes and hospitals (and then dense populations in prisons, refugee camps etc). Allowing 99% of the world to continue living as normal - and urging them (PUBLICITY) to avoid infecting the vulnerable and to self isolate if vulnerable.