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Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted April 30, 2020

You’re right, Matthew, the ‘official numbers’ are underrepresented, but it is the ACTUAL infection rate that is underrepresented. PCR testing focused ONLY on ‘symptomatic’ cases. PCR testing cannot detect those who were infected and cleared the virus. The focus on symptomatic cases totally ignored the vast numbers of ‘asymptomatic’ cases, which are beginning to be discovered with randomized antibody blood tests in the US and Europe. This research, though preliminary, supports Dr. Erickson’s claims.

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted April 30, 2020

Tom, relax and visit the CDC website. There you will find the actual and historical American death rates and the main causes. According to the CDC (don’t look at the Gates funded Johns Hopkins site, or any of the mainstream media sites), to date, there have been 34,521 deaths from COVID-19. Meanwhile, there were over 61,000 American deaths from the flu in 2017-2018 season, which was a bad year. Remember two things, (a) deaths ‘from’ COVID-19 is different than deaths ‘with’ COVID-19. The vast majority of people affected have been over 65 with one or more serious medical conditions, which means COVID-19 may have weakened them, but it may not have been the ’cause of death’, and (b) new research is coming out on tests of population samples (US & Europe) that are finding that about 3-4% of people have been infected, and cleared the virus, which means that the death rate per capita from COVID-19 is far far lower than is being reported. It is important to note that more than 700,000 Americans have died from ALL CAUSES since January 1st (which is within normal limits). But people are now dying more frequently of cancer and heart disease than before because of the lockdown.

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted April 30, 2020

Tom, Sweden has no lockdown. Schools are open, as are restaurants, and people are still going to work. The only restrictions are on gathering of more than 50 persons, and access to nursing homes and hospitals. Sweden has a per capita death rate from COVID-19 that is lower than the UK, Italy and Switzerland, all of which HAVE lockdowns.

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted April 30, 2020

Ari, in your post above, you said the following, “The tested population is much more likely to have COVID-19 than the larger community.” This is false for the following reasons: (a) Initial PCR testing targeted ONLY symptomatic cases. Patients that exhibit symptoms are generally believed to have weaker immune systems (vis-a-vis a particular pathogen) than asymptomatic cases. This PCR testing in NO WAY negates the possibility that most of the infected are actually ‘asymptomatic’; (b) Antibody-based COVID-19 infection research ongoing at Stanford and in Europe supports Dr. Erickson’s findings. This antibody research is showing that about 3-4% of the population (California, Germany, Italy) has been infected and cleared the virus. These facts support Dr. Erickson’s findings. Herd immunity is the only thing that ensured the survival of humanity over hundreds of thousands of years, despite the fact we share the planet with trillions of pathogens. COVID-19 will be no different. A vaccine will be too late and possibly won’t work on a mutating organism. An endless lockdown will destroy all that is important in life and make it meaningless.

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Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted April 30, 2020

You’re right, Matthew, the ‘official numbers’ are underrepresented, but it is the ACTUAL infection rate that is underrepresented. PCR testing focused ONLY on ‘symptomatic’ cases. PCR testing cannot detect those who were infected and cleared the virus. The focus on symptomatic cases totally ignored the vast numbers of ‘asymptomatic’ cases, which are beginning to be discovered with randomized antibody blood tests in the US and Europe. This research, though preliminary, supports Dr. Erickson’s claims.

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted April 30, 2020

Tom, relax and visit the CDC website. There you will find the actual and historical American death rates and the main causes. According to the CDC (don’t look at the Gates funded Johns Hopkins site, or any of the mainstream media sites), to date, there have been 34,521 deaths from COVID-19. Meanwhile, there were over 61,000 American deaths from the flu in 2017-2018 season, which was a bad year. Remember two things, (a) deaths ‘from’ COVID-19 is different than deaths ‘with’ COVID-19. The vast majority of people affected have been over 65 with one or more serious medical conditions, which means COVID-19 may have weakened them, but it may not have been the ’cause of death’, and (b) new research is coming out on tests of population samples (US & Europe) that are finding that about 3-4% of people have been infected, and cleared the virus, which means that the death rate per capita from COVID-19 is far far lower than is being reported. It is important to note that more than 700,000 Americans have died from ALL CAUSES since January 1st (which is within normal limits). But people are now dying more frequently of cancer and heart disease than before because of the lockdown.

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted April 30, 2020

Tom, Sweden has no lockdown. Schools are open, as are restaurants, and people are still going to work. The only restrictions are on gathering of more than 50 persons, and access to nursing homes and hospitals. Sweden has a per capita death rate from COVID-19 that is lower than the UK, Italy and Switzerland, all of which HAVE lockdowns.

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted April 30, 2020

Ari, in your post above, you said the following, “The tested population is much more likely to have COVID-19 than the larger community.” This is false for the following reasons: (a) Initial PCR testing targeted ONLY symptomatic cases. Patients that exhibit symptoms are generally believed to have weaker immune systems (vis-a-vis a particular pathogen) than asymptomatic cases. This PCR testing in NO WAY negates the possibility that most of the infected are actually ‘asymptomatic’; (b) Antibody-based COVID-19 infection research ongoing at Stanford and in Europe supports Dr. Erickson’s findings. This antibody research is showing that about 3-4% of the population (California, Germany, Italy) has been infected and cleared the virus. These facts support Dr. Erickson’s findings. Herd immunity is the only thing that ensured the survival of humanity over hundreds of thousands of years, despite the fact we share the planet with trillions of pathogens. COVID-19 will be no different. A vaccine will be too late and possibly won’t work on a mutating organism. An endless lockdown will destroy all that is important in life and make it meaningless.