BINGO!
We had that exact scenario in 2020, and we had FEWER total deaths from TWICE as many people!
In 2021 we have shots, and have MORE deaths from HALF as many people who haven't gotten the shots!
And the punchline is....covid in 2021 is LESS SEVERE than it was in 2020.
Doesn't make sense, does it?
What's the most logical conclusion?
Hint: They are inflating the death numbers. It's either that, or the shots are causing more people to die.
Pick your poison. But please stop simply regurgitating talking points that fall beneath the weight of basic math and common sense.
If it were the exact same variation, sure. This one is far more virulent.
I am a Healthcare Partner in a global consulting firm. I speak with CFOs/COOs/CIOs nationally on a daily basis. My wife is a Healthcare Finance executive in a hospital system whose service area voted 60%+ R. This is no hoax - at all.
If the ICUs were empty, sure. I would be with you - and was with you in the spring and early summer when here where we live in Michigan had barely any cases.
I have not heard of anyone, or their family, dying from shots. The media often gets it wrong, but if that was happening at any major level, at least Fox would be picking it up.
Now, even Ben Shapiro says, "we are all going to get Covid-19, the question is whether you are vaccinated or not".
If you were to say, and this is Rand Paul's point, that "you MUST include prior-infections and submit an anti-body test in lieu of a vaccine", then yes, I completely agree with that and am at a loss why this is not included as "proof".
Your submission and hypothesis is that the Government is consistently lying to you. After the Lab Leak, WMD, etc., I understand. Your fear is that the government is taking over more and more of our choices and tax revenue and has a citizenry, especially on the coasts, who are comfortable with socialist schemes. It's the "authoritarian moment" as Ben says. I get it.
The data is not hard to understand. We have a far more virulent strain and it is hitting more people. The people getting hospitalized and are unvaccinated.
So, my view and what I share with others is: get vaccinated or show a prior infection. If you have neither, then your odds of hospitalization and dying go way up.
The Merck drug could be a game changer here. If we can take an OTC pill that prevents ICU admissions and deaths (Monoclonal antibodies are very powerful BUT they require infusion).
Final point, cases are starting to drop. 25% drop over the past 14 weeks. DeSantis and Gottlieb predicted this, although it is coming a few weeks later than planned.
Again, at this point, you do you.
p.s. Here is why Red states should care and NYT put it in a veiled way: Covid-19 is disproportionately killing R voters. For states that are in play or going purple (AZ, TX, etc.), even with perfectly tabulated votes, losing another 10 to 50K votes, can tip things like Senate elections.
Again, you do you.