Pseudo-Epidemics: Why COVID-19 is guaranteed to never end
Of all the things I thought I&#x27;d see on hackernews tonight, &quot;Covid is fake&quot; wasn&#x27;t one of them.<p>The linchpin of this article is that the Germany death numbers are not substantially different: that is, Germany has not had excess deaths due to the virus when compared to death numbers from last year. Unfortunately, this is the worst possible conclusion you could draw from that graph. Germany <i>went into lockdown</i>, and had people <i>stay home</i> and <i>social distance</i>. Consider, for example, that Germany&#x27;s traffic deaths are the <i>lowest they have been in 100 years</i>[1]. Influenze has spread less extensively, people have died less from violent crimes, and other, similar phenomena have all occurred as a result of their lockdown. In spite of all of that, Germany has still hit their average death number.<p>What could <i>possibly</i> explain this? Maybe, I dunno, <i>the pandemic</i>?!<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dw.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;germany-traffic-deaths-fall-to-lowest-point-since-reunification&#x2F;a-53556709" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dw.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;germany-traffic-deaths-fall-to-lowest-...</a>