There has never been a greater need for proportion and perspective. Daily Covid-19 counts in the absence of other statistics are not just meaningless, they are highly misleading, not least for political leaders and one-track minded scientists. An example: Hong Kong has so far 104 Covid-19 linked deaths. In 2019, it had around 9,000 deaths from pneumonia, a not dissimilar lung infection for which there are partially effective vaccines and medicines. Like Covid-19, it kills mainly the old and…
from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3103021/panic-driven-response-coronavirus-prioritises-some-lives-over
Sunday, September 27, 2020
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