I take issue with the way the COVID-19 numbers are being presented. To begin with only raw numbers are being used. Why? Take the USA, they have 504,000 cases out of a population of 328 million. That's 0.154% of the US population. To put this in perspective, that's equivalent to a bad flu season. Does the reader think it is rational to throw away an economy over something as bad as the flu or a little worse?
Now there isn't resistance to COVID-19 yet, that will take time, so higher mortality amongst those who catch it is to be expected. Currently that sits around 4%. That's not healthy, but I ask again, does it make sense to throw the economy away over this number of deaths.
This sounds heartless, but really isn't. We are talking life vs life here. If the economy is thrown away, which appears what many want to do, several things happen. The first is unemployment and increasing homelessness. This will lead to early death through diminished circumstances and suicide. Add to that the children of families who fall on hard times, their futures are compromised, and they die early deaths. I suspect the numbers adversely affected by an all-encompassing lockdown will be far worse than the adverse effects of keeping business functioning while the virus runs through the country. Yes, observe health guidelines but note, Japan has not locked down the whole country. Only Tokyo and six other prefectures have been locked down. What does a lockdown in Japan mean? People still go to work and restaurants remain open, but have to close by 8pm. Meanwhile areas like Aichi prefecture where Toyota is based have no lockdown at all.
Got the idea China was locked down? The media were all over it weren't they. But that, like Japan, was only certain areas, they remained ready for business throughout.
New Zealand has been touted as a positive example. They're not, they're incredibly stupid. Yes, they can stamp out the virus for now but then what? 20% of their export income relies on tourism. What are they going to do, ban all 7.5 billion people on planet earth from visiting. Or perhaps require all visitors to be isolated for 14 days? The effect of that would be to end Queenstown, Rotorua and the entire tourism industry. This would have a dire effect on indigenous Maori income as their tribes have invested heavily in tourism. NZ is no example to others, they'll be faced with either shutting away rather like North Korea or facing a second or third wave.
There is another problem with NZ's COVID-19 figures, they include probable cases. That's people who have been in contact with a COVID-19 positive, even if they have no symptoms or even been tested. NZ inflates their numbers this way. Why?
And finally, a word about that dishonest bunch of criminals the United Nations and the WHO. Why should we believe a word they have to say. Is this an attempt by the UN to limit population growth? Think about it, social distancing shutting down night life, sports, religious meetings and so on, is effectively limiting the ability of young people to meet one another. And there appears no end in sight to this policy of social distancing. It looks like population control by stealth and with few flights taking place, this has become our Greta Thunberg future. Have you woken up yet to what that world looks like? It's not a world I want to live in.
I agree with Donald Trump when it comes to the WHO, they were actively trying to spread the virus and are totally China focused. My advice, don't trust anyone not elected to office and that includes those scientists insisting the western industrialised world give up centuries of development over a simple virus.
