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The only ‘circuit break’ in the pandemic we need now is from the government’s doom-mongering scientific advisers who specialise in causing panic and little else, say PROF CARL HENEGHAN and DR TOM JEFFERSON – Daily Mail

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 20 September 2020

‘Circuit break’ may be a grave error with terrible consequences for the health of the British people and for the health of the country.
The Government is once again in the grip of doom-mongering scientific modellers who specialise in causing panic.
The latest reliable data from Spain (up to September 3) which does not indicate any sort of upward curve in infections, let alone one coming to get us here in Britain.
Anyone with clinical experience of dealing with respiratory viruses knows that the only certainty is uncertainty itself.
Making comparisons between countries using different national data with different definitions is no more useful than trying to compare apples and pears.
Latest study shows that nearly a third of all Covid-19 deaths recorded in July and August might have actually been the result of other causes –cancer, for example, or road traffic accidents.
Sweden has probably suppressed Covid-19 to the same level as Great Britain but without draconian measures.
Anyone going down with a new respiratory illness is likely to be suffering from a cold – not Covid.

Covid-19 accounts for an average of 11 of the 1,687 deaths in Britain every day, according to official statistics.

Cause	UK deaths per day
Heart disease	460
Cancer	450
Dementia	240
Flu and pneumonia	124
Lung disease	84
Accidents at home	16
Infections	16
Suicide	15
COVID-19	11
Road accidents	5

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8751389/Oxford-scientists-circuit-break-need-cycle-bad-data-bad-science.html

Tags Cancer, Car Accidents, Circuit Break, Daily Deaths, Daily Mail, Government, Home Accidents, Hysteria, Influenza, Policy, Professor Carl Heneghan, Professor Tom Jefferson, Rhinovirus, Seasonal, Second Wave, Spain, Statistics, Testing, UK

News

No, Europe isn’t being engulfed by a deadly second wave – The Telegraph

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 11 August 2020

An uptick in cases hasn’t been matched by an increase in deaths. It’s about time we had a more intelligent conversation about risk

Hard luck to those who switched their holidays to Greece when Spain was put back on the quarantine list. The Greek government has just officially declared a “second wave”. Once holidaymakers have explored the Aegean they face getting to know a lot more about the insides of their own homes upon their return, as Greece is now a favourite to be added to the ever-growing list of countries whose air bridges with Britain have collapsed.

But how real is this “second wave” apparently sweeping Europe? Look at the chart of new recorded infections in Greece and, sure enough, you can call it a second wave. Recorded cases began to inch upwards from mid-June onwards. The figure for Sunday – 202 – was markedly higher than the peak in new recorded infections in Greece’s first wave, which reached 156 on April 21. But then look at the chart for Greece’s Covid deaths and there is not the slightest trace of a second wave.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/11/no-europe-isnt-engulfed-deadly-second-wave/

Tags Cases, COVID-19, Europe, Greece, Infection, Second Wave, Spain, Testing, The Telegraph

News

Sweden’s Economy, After Not Having Lockdown, in Much Better Shape Than Rest of Europe – Newsweek

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 8 August 2020

Sweden’s GDP fell 8.6 in Q2 2020, the country’s worst quarterly decline in modern history.
The Scandanavian nation markedly outperformed the rest of Europe. Its GDP drop in the second quarter was lower than the 12.1 average experienced in the Eurozone, as well as the 11.9 average across the whole of the EU.
Sweden outperformed several European countries, including Spain (18.5 percent fall), France (13.6 percent), Italy (12.4 percent) and Germany (10.1 percent).

https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-sweden-economy-gross-domestic-product-eurozone-better-europe-1523359

Tags Collateral Damage, COVID-19, Economy, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Lockdown, Newsweek, Spain, Sweden

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Sweden COVID-19 Death Rate Lower Than Spain, Italy and U.K., Despite Never Having Lockdown – Newsweek

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 6 August 2020

While novel coronavirus cases have spiked across several parts of Europe, including Spain, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, Sweden—where a countrywide lockdown was never issued—continues to report a downward trend in new cases and new deaths.

COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people in Sweden vs. Europe

Source: Johns Hopkins University (as of August 2)

Sweden: 56.40
Belgium: 86.19
U.K.: 69.60
Spain: 60.88
Italy: 58.16

COVID-19 case-fatality ratio of Sweden vs. Europe

Source: Johns Hopkins University (as of August 2)

Sweden: 7.1 percent
U.K.: 15.1 percent
Belgium: 14.2 percent
Italy: 14.2 percent
France: 13.4 percent
The Netherlands: 11.2 percent
Spain: 9.9 percent

New COVID-19 cases in Sweden vs. Europe in past 14 days

Source: World Health Organization (as of August 2)

Sweden: Down 46 percent
The Netherlands: Up 205 percent
Belgium: Up 150 percent
Spain: Up 113 percent
France: Up 72 percent
Germany: Up 59 percent
Finland: Up 160 percent
Denmark: Up 81 percent
Norway: Up 61 percent
U.K.: Up three percent

https://www.newsweek.com/sweden-covid-19-death-rate-lower-spain-italy-uk-despite-never-having-lockdown-1522306

Tags Cases, CFR, COVID-19, Europe, Italy, Newsweek, Spain, Statistics, Sweden, UK, USA

Visitor Contributions

Four scientific evidences of the null effect of massive confinement during covid 19 in Spain

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 22 July 2020

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Alfonso Longo

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Four scientific evidences of the null effect of massive confinement during covid 19 in Spain

It is obvious that the official hypothesis of the non lockdown deaths in Spain is dismantled by the real result in Sweden. The huge difference between 10,000 and 450 in Sweden could not be explained, either very remotely, by geographical, demographic or sociological factors that differentiate Sweden from Spain. If That is the case, Sweden would naturally be an anti-covid society. A scientifically unsustainable fantasy.

No medical treatment would be approved without using control groups in the experiments, however mass confinement is accepted without this condition, knowing that Sweden serves perfectly as an experimental control group.

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Tags Collateral Damage, COVID-19, Lockdown, Politics, Spain, Sweden

Opinion

The Media’s Jihad against Sweden’s No-Lockdown Policy Ignores Key Facts – The Mises Institute

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 18 July 2020

Sweden’s total deaths per million in population as of July 14 is 549. That’s considerably lower than the deaths per million rate in the UK, which is 662, and in Spain, which is 608. In Belgium, the death rate is 884.
Sweden deaths per million is many times better than the rates found in New Jersey and New York: 1,763 and 1,669.
Articles condemning Sweden’s “failure” rarely if ever mention these comparisons.
Nonlockdown Sweden has a death rate similar to harsh-lockdown France can only be explained by claiming France didn’t lock down harshly enough or long enough.
Two weeks after the WHO’s prediction that Sweden will have a resurgence in COVID-19, both cases and deaths in Sweden continue to trend downward.
Thanks to Sweden we know what both lockdown and nonlockdown countries look like: they look remarkably similar in some cases.
After all, after failing to implement a lockdown for months, Sweden is still nowhere near matching the death rates reported in New York.

https://mises.org/power-market/medias-jihad-against-swedens-no-lockdown-policy-ignores-key-facts

Tags Belgium, Charts, COVID-19, Lockdown, Media, Misinformation, Mortality Rate, New Jersey, New York, Second Wave, Spain, Statistics, Sweden, Texas, The Mises Institute, UK

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Covid 19 X-Factor in Spain – Nursing Homes: UNDERSTANDING WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 13 July 2020

In the interest of public debate, we allow visitors to share opinions, experiences and research that may be of value to others. This is a visitor contribution from our Discussions page.

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Alfonso Longo

Credentials: PhD Engineering, MBA
E-mail: [email protected]
YouTube: Alfonso Longo
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Covid 19 X-Factor in Spain – Nursing Homes: UNDERSTANDING WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

Hypothesis

The nursing homes, their structure and management, explain the impact of the covid-19 pandemic in Spain.

DIRECTLY: because of the weight of its mortality

CAUSALLY: because of its effect on the transmission of the virus to the rest of the population

Therefore, in order to minimize the impact of covid on society, its impact on nursing homes must first be minimized.

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Tags Care Homes, COVID-19, Elderly, Spain, Transmission

Opinion

Near identical dynamics for England, Sweden, Spain – Professor Paul Dennis

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 28 June 2020

Professor Paul Dennis, a geologist and isotope geochemist at the University of East Anglia, compared the deaths in England, Sweden, Spain. He found near identical dynamics, which supports the theory that COVID-19 appears to follow the Gompertz curve in every outbreak region. This implies that social distancing and lockdown has no effect.

Comparison of England, Sweden, Spain. Near identical dynamics, different dates of lockdown, or no lockdown at all. pic.twitter.com/UFig98bZ5v
— Prof Paul F Dennis (@PFDgeologist) June 1, 2020

Tags COVID-19, England, Gompertz Function, Lockdown, Professor Paul Dennis, Social Distancing, Spain, Sweden

Publications

Sentinel surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater anticipates the occurrence of COVID-19 cases – medRxiv

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 26 June 2020

SARS-CoV-2 was detected in Barcelona sewage long before the declaration of the first COVID-19 case, indicating that the infection was present in the population before the first imported case was reported. Sentinel surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater would enable adoption of immediate measures in the event of future COVID-19 waves.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.13.20129627v1

Tags Barcelona, Cases, COVID-19, medRxiv, Spain, Testing

Opinion

Ignoring the Covid evidence – Alistair Haimes, The Critic

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 25 June 2020

Far from following the science, the government turned its back on all available data.
Until mid-April, with the escalating deaths in care homes agonisingly clear across Europe, government policy was still for patients to be discharged to care homes from hospitals without requiring negative tests. And so the toll: around half of UK Covid-19 deaths are care home residents, despite them accounting for only 0.6 per cent of our population.
Germany, whose population is roughly 25 per cent bigger than ours, has suffered approximately a quarter of our Covid deaths.
Ministers have deferred to scientists who themselves deferred to the projections of models, even when data on the ground told a completely different story.
Statisticians on social media had a field day pointing out the chasm between modelled outcomes and reality, but it is not clear that the models on which SAGE relied (both their input parameters and mechanical dynamics) were continually refined with on-the-ground data (or simply discarded as wrong).
Why weren’t Oxford’s team, who specialise in zoonotic viruses and who looked at the same data as Neil Ferguson’s modelling-led team but came to wildly different conclusions, on SAGE’s panel to provide an alternative view?
Why were there no economists on SAGE? Economics is not the bloodless pursuit of money but the science of decision-making under uncertainty where resources are finite; could they really have brought nothing to the party?
In mid-March, Stanford’s Nobel laureate Michael Levitt (biophysicist and professor of structural biology) discussed the “natural experiment” of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, a petridish disproportionately filled with the most susceptible age and health groups. Even here, despite the virus spreading uncontrolled onboard for at least two weeks, infection only reached a minority of passengers and crew.
The data towards the end of March clearly showed we were already near the tipping point of the bell-curve (meaning the disease is on the wane). We were already past the point where lockdown could have made much difference.
Knut Wittkowski: “respiratory diseases [including Covid-19] . . . remain only about two months in any given population”.

https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-august-2020/ignoring-the-covid-evidence/