The 2020 jump in all cause mortality can be blamed on the treatment or more accurately the lack of treatment given to covid positive patients. Hospitals were literally killing people as they followed Fauci’s protocols. You can’t blame covid when nearly all those people would have survived with early treatment. At home of all places.
I've heard more than one doctor say (doctors who actually treat COVID patients) that nearly everyone who gets treated on first symptom of COVID stays out of the hospital regardless of the treatment protocol (within reason). Seems like speeding up outpatient treatment rather than blocking it would be worthwhile first step. Which would mean treating COVID promptly, the way one should treat ANY infectious disease.
I got the 'rona three weeks ago and for me (over 60, unvaccinated, and very fit) it's basically been a prolonged sore throat with a few night-time coughing fits aggravated by asthma. No day at the beach, but really nothing to fear, either. Basically, I think Eugypptius is correct in pointing out that the real enemy is not the virus, but the authoritarian lockdown-masking-vaccinator regime that has infected nearly every institution in the Western world. I'm an attorney, not a doctor, scientist, or statistician, so I appreciate (and am horrified by) the legal and moral implications of what has happened to us over the last two years. We must all recognize that the Alex Berensons and the Dr. Robert Malones and legitimate journalists are invaluable in discrediting the health officials, governments and their media allies. Every part of this enormous blunder/crime against humanity must be exposed (and hopefully corrected) if we are to ever move forward.
I don't think you've actually imagined the worst above. We (at least in the US) encourage everyone above age 5 to get vaccinated. Suppose an unknown long-term effect of these vaccines was that they in some way damaged a woman's fertility (we have no evidence they do not)? This would actually be a civilization level threat. I am normally a measured, calm person, but this thought is absolutely terrifying.
I think the poorer countries are not seeing it because they are not TESTING - I have a feeling that just having a cold or a simple flu will result in a positive test - I will NEVER take a test. People can't just be regular sick anymore - its always going to be COVID
I remain baffled why the preventative regimen first put forth by the Front Line Covid Critical Care Alliance -- a bunch of docs who focused on treating the illness at the start of all of this -- is not plastered on every bathroom wall next to the "wash your hands" sign. This protocol has been out there since mid-2020 at the latest. https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/i-mask-plus-protocol/ -- its not difficult or expensive. PSAs touting the details would be far more helpful and far less annoying than the still ongoing drumbeat for the vaccines and boosters.
Good lay down as usual Alex...did you hear about Bruce Willis? I went to the CDC VAERS site on my phone. Three categories popped up for Aphasia. Not saying this is what caused his health issue, but every time i hear about an illness i go there now...
AB: "The jump in all-cause mortality in 2020 (which cannot be blamed on vaccines, because they didn’t exist) doesn’t lie."
This is true, but we also don't have a comparison of what our interventions would have done to a control group.
Specifically, assume we applied the exact same measures in, say, 2015... or1995, or 1985. The lockdowns, the preventing people in nursing homes from having visitors, causing people to exercise less, get more obese, remove social connections, drink more, delay seeking medical attention until they were so sick they had to go the ER... Essentially doing the exact opposite of what we would normally suggest to stay healthy.
During this experiment, yes, 20% more people died than usual in the US (80% of that 20% above 65). In most other countries, it was somewhere between 7%-12%.
Historically these are notable increases. You typically never see any change beyond +/- 5%.
Except in 2015. For some reason many countries had an unusual spike of 9% more deaths than normal. Was MERS far more prevalent than we realized? Was there a bigger flu year than we knew of? We dont know, we didn't test like crazy people back then.
So I wonder, what would have happened if we had applied the 2020 approach back in 2015? Could excess mortality for many of these countries have jumped from 9% to 20%?
It's a hypothesis worth considering.
On the other hand, the more they try to convince us that no, in fact despite human ancestors being around bat for 4.2 million years its only a coincidence that THIS time we have the worst Covid pandemic of all time, the more that seems like a GoF lab leak.
I moved to ID from Seattle when the nonsense began. Currently in Seattle for a project - testing 3x/wk, masks, V required. I’ve skirted all of them. It’s clear that majority here either don’t know or would never counter the narrative, as it’s politics & tribalism now. I’m more committed than ever to create a life that doesn’t include my former hometown. Grateful for you Alex, your analysis and sass truly was a light in darkest lonely days.
"Actually, that’s not true. In poor nations, Covid appears to have vanished as a problem, to the extent it ever was one. Even countries like India that had big Omicron waves didn’t have many deaths."
Gee Alex, I wonder why? What could it be? We know it can't be Ivermectin. Right?
Does COVID, manifested in its manifold variants, just slosh around in endless waves in the highly vaxxed countries? Seems to be what is happening in the UK.
Insightful piece from Alex as usual. One point about all-cause mortality, but this will take some following along: Given the inaccuracy of PCR tests, given what the CDC coded as "Covid deaths," etc., etc., etc., there is no way to know just how many people died of Covid, but let's accept that a big part of higher all-cause mortality in 2020 was due to Covid, notwithstanding that there excess deaths also due to delay of medical care, e.g., regular checkups and ER visits, as the panic porn kept people away from doctors and hospitals. So all-cause mortality is the best if only a very approximate measure of deaths due to the contagion. Now, since the mortality risk with Covid climbs extremely with age, we need to adjust all-cause deaths for age as well as for population growth if we are to compare 2020 with previous years. The CDC has done this. So adjusted, all-cause mortality was considerably higher during the Asian flu of 1957 and the Hong Kong flu of 1968. OK, that's not a fair comparison, since there have been so many medical advances since those years. But you only have to go back as far as 2003 to get to a year when all-cause mortality--adjusted for age as well as population growth--is higher than it was in 2020, and the medical advances over the intervening 17 years weren't so great as to explain away this comparison. Nor was 2003 an aberration. All-cause mortality--again, age- and population- adjusted--was higher than in 2020 in every year earlier than 2003 going back decades. These numbers provide some context to 2020, I think.
Lots to unpack here Alex. We are in a new Awakening (lied to, watching data vs headline, personal experiences - objective as they are).
Can we all agree this was a BAD (and scientifically mutated) virus, that took the elderly, immunocompromised and obese (and any combination of those)? And it was politically polarized from the beginning.
The diluted variants are not scary, but the politics with agendas attaching to this Pandemic/Civil War/WW3/Global Financial Meltdown are scary. This was a situation to be exploited. Anyone saw the WHO exit ramp today? Let's bring in the all-inclusive med/finance/health/wealth/psychoanalytical BY AI/linked to everything New FRONTIER. Anyone checked out Tunisia today? This is a global reckoning.
I have learned so much about the Human Psyche over the last 2 years. It is depressing. There are great articles about how we are being re-wired, how to accept the New Normal, how we are being conditioned. The Constant Manipulation is so obvious - nobody objects, so lets follow the Pied Piper.
The Virus is an accelerant to another reality. That is truly scary.
There are new definitions to truth. My truth is a conspiracy theory or a fallacy. Facts don’t matter anymore. Up is down. Men are women. Ukraine is democratic.
Where do we go from here? There is no here. We don’t have a voice in this world.
The 2020 jump in all cause mortality can be blamed on the treatment or more accurately the lack of treatment given to covid positive patients. Hospitals were literally killing people as they followed Fauci’s protocols. You can’t blame covid when nearly all those people would have survived with early treatment. At home of all places.
I've heard more than one doctor say (doctors who actually treat COVID patients) that nearly everyone who gets treated on first symptom of COVID stays out of the hospital regardless of the treatment protocol (within reason). Seems like speeding up outpatient treatment rather than blocking it would be worthwhile first step. Which would mean treating COVID promptly, the way one should treat ANY infectious disease.
I got the 'rona three weeks ago and for me (over 60, unvaccinated, and very fit) it's basically been a prolonged sore throat with a few night-time coughing fits aggravated by asthma. No day at the beach, but really nothing to fear, either. Basically, I think Eugypptius is correct in pointing out that the real enemy is not the virus, but the authoritarian lockdown-masking-vaccinator regime that has infected nearly every institution in the Western world. I'm an attorney, not a doctor, scientist, or statistician, so I appreciate (and am horrified by) the legal and moral implications of what has happened to us over the last two years. We must all recognize that the Alex Berensons and the Dr. Robert Malones and legitimate journalists are invaluable in discrediting the health officials, governments and their media allies. Every part of this enormous blunder/crime against humanity must be exposed (and hopefully corrected) if we are to ever move forward.
I don't think you've actually imagined the worst above. We (at least in the US) encourage everyone above age 5 to get vaccinated. Suppose an unknown long-term effect of these vaccines was that they in some way damaged a woman's fertility (we have no evidence they do not)? This would actually be a civilization level threat. I am normally a measured, calm person, but this thought is absolutely terrifying.
What do we do now? How about this:
Take our vitamins, eat healthy diets, get a reasonable amount of exercise, a proper amount of sleep...and go about our lives.
People who feel sick should stay away from other people.
Old people and those with weakened immune systems need to avoid crowds.
Everyone should wash their hands.
Say a prayer.
Let's see how that works.
Note: Avoid any so-called vaccinations.
I think the poorer countries are not seeing it because they are not TESTING - I have a feeling that just having a cold or a simple flu will result in a positive test - I will NEVER take a test. People can't just be regular sick anymore - its always going to be COVID
"Purebloods" for the win.
I remain baffled why the preventative regimen first put forth by the Front Line Covid Critical Care Alliance -- a bunch of docs who focused on treating the illness at the start of all of this -- is not plastered on every bathroom wall next to the "wash your hands" sign. This protocol has been out there since mid-2020 at the latest. https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/i-mask-plus-protocol/ -- its not difficult or expensive. PSAs touting the details would be far more helpful and far less annoying than the still ongoing drumbeat for the vaccines and boosters.
Good lay down as usual Alex...did you hear about Bruce Willis? I went to the CDC VAERS site on my phone. Three categories popped up for Aphasia. Not saying this is what caused his health issue, but every time i hear about an illness i go there now...
AB: "The jump in all-cause mortality in 2020 (which cannot be blamed on vaccines, because they didn’t exist) doesn’t lie."
This is true, but we also don't have a comparison of what our interventions would have done to a control group.
Specifically, assume we applied the exact same measures in, say, 2015... or1995, or 1985. The lockdowns, the preventing people in nursing homes from having visitors, causing people to exercise less, get more obese, remove social connections, drink more, delay seeking medical attention until they were so sick they had to go the ER... Essentially doing the exact opposite of what we would normally suggest to stay healthy.
During this experiment, yes, 20% more people died than usual in the US (80% of that 20% above 65). In most other countries, it was somewhere between 7%-12%.
Historically these are notable increases. You typically never see any change beyond +/- 5%.
Except in 2015. For some reason many countries had an unusual spike of 9% more deaths than normal. Was MERS far more prevalent than we realized? Was there a bigger flu year than we knew of? We dont know, we didn't test like crazy people back then.
So I wonder, what would have happened if we had applied the 2020 approach back in 2015? Could excess mortality for many of these countries have jumped from 9% to 20%?
It's a hypothesis worth considering.
On the other hand, the more they try to convince us that no, in fact despite human ancestors being around bat for 4.2 million years its only a coincidence that THIS time we have the worst Covid pandemic of all time, the more that seems like a GoF lab leak.
I moved to ID from Seattle when the nonsense began. Currently in Seattle for a project - testing 3x/wk, masks, V required. I’ve skirted all of them. It’s clear that majority here either don’t know or would never counter the narrative, as it’s politics & tribalism now. I’m more committed than ever to create a life that doesn’t include my former hometown. Grateful for you Alex, your analysis and sass truly was a light in darkest lonely days.
"Actually, that’s not true. In poor nations, Covid appears to have vanished as a problem, to the extent it ever was one. Even countries like India that had big Omicron waves didn’t have many deaths."
Gee Alex, I wonder why? What could it be? We know it can't be Ivermectin. Right?
Does COVID, manifested in its manifold variants, just slosh around in endless waves in the highly vaxxed countries? Seems to be what is happening in the UK.
Insightful piece from Alex as usual. One point about all-cause mortality, but this will take some following along: Given the inaccuracy of PCR tests, given what the CDC coded as "Covid deaths," etc., etc., etc., there is no way to know just how many people died of Covid, but let's accept that a big part of higher all-cause mortality in 2020 was due to Covid, notwithstanding that there excess deaths also due to delay of medical care, e.g., regular checkups and ER visits, as the panic porn kept people away from doctors and hospitals. So all-cause mortality is the best if only a very approximate measure of deaths due to the contagion. Now, since the mortality risk with Covid climbs extremely with age, we need to adjust all-cause deaths for age as well as for population growth if we are to compare 2020 with previous years. The CDC has done this. So adjusted, all-cause mortality was considerably higher during the Asian flu of 1957 and the Hong Kong flu of 1968. OK, that's not a fair comparison, since there have been so many medical advances since those years. But you only have to go back as far as 2003 to get to a year when all-cause mortality--adjusted for age as well as population growth--is higher than it was in 2020, and the medical advances over the intervening 17 years weren't so great as to explain away this comparison. Nor was 2003 an aberration. All-cause mortality--again, age- and population- adjusted--was higher than in 2020 in every year earlier than 2003 going back decades. These numbers provide some context to 2020, I think.
Lots to unpack here Alex. We are in a new Awakening (lied to, watching data vs headline, personal experiences - objective as they are).
Can we all agree this was a BAD (and scientifically mutated) virus, that took the elderly, immunocompromised and obese (and any combination of those)? And it was politically polarized from the beginning.
The diluted variants are not scary, but the politics with agendas attaching to this Pandemic/Civil War/WW3/Global Financial Meltdown are scary. This was a situation to be exploited. Anyone saw the WHO exit ramp today? Let's bring in the all-inclusive med/finance/health/wealth/psychoanalytical BY AI/linked to everything New FRONTIER. Anyone checked out Tunisia today? This is a global reckoning.
I have learned so much about the Human Psyche over the last 2 years. It is depressing. There are great articles about how we are being re-wired, how to accept the New Normal, how we are being conditioned. The Constant Manipulation is so obvious - nobody objects, so lets follow the Pied Piper.
The Virus is an accelerant to another reality. That is truly scary.
There are new definitions to truth. My truth is a conspiracy theory or a fallacy. Facts don’t matter anymore. Up is down. Men are women. Ukraine is democratic.
Where do we go from here? There is no here. We don’t have a voice in this world.