Re: (OT) They're not all crazy in Europe

chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:

rbowman wrote:
 

-hh wrote:

 
First one was a pandemic itself, which killed 1.2 million Americans.
This generated far more submissions by health professionals than a
normal or bad flu season/year.

 
Far less than the 2% that many (such as yourself, IIRC) predicted, and
nearly all of them where very old and sick already.

I’ll check on if it was a prediction, or just the topical estimate of worst
case.

Plus even though there was a mortality peak in older adults, one needs to
watch one’s data:  most of the medical costs were incurred by the less old
who survived… and with a portion who still have ongoing health issues (&
costs thereof) to this day. 

It as interesting that the mortality rate of the normal seasonal influenza
essentially fell to zero.

 
The summary of what happened:
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/

That is propaganda.

Download the full report (completed last year, BTW) here:
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2024.12.04-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT-ANS.pdf

More propaganda by a partisan GOP hack.

Note just how thin … and chronically dubious … their explanation attempt is
to disregard the Wet Markets as a vector - - all while also admitting that
it was found there in humans.  The attempt to write it completely off is
predicated on not being able to find “the” infected animal weeks later,
despite the whole purpose of the market is to distribute animals for sale
there.

-hh