[–] Polic3Stat3 ago 

The overrun hospitals bit is getting OLD! Interviews with distraught medical personnel on the verge of mentally breaking-down is getting OLD! Lies all around.

[–] flopsymopsy ago 

They introduce lockdowns after the fact, then say they were effective, and that's the reason for reduced fatalities. They lie, people believe, nothing happens.

[–] 26598412? ago 

It might technically be a pandemic. They probably happen more than you think but the fucking oligarchs need you to notice it this time.

[–] RM-Goetbbels ago 

If this were a real pandemic I would personally know of ten people who have died OR AT MINIMUM 100 who have contracted the virus.

I know of 2 "confirmed" cases in my personal and professional life and I deal with hundreds of people per month.

[–] Vc83 ago 

Can wait for them to somehow withhold the 2020 death date for "reasons"

[–] nobslob ago 

questioning your betters publicly only leads to suffering, reeducation, and death.

[–] Obrez 2 points -2 points (+0|-2) ago 

People are driving less and eating home cooked meals more, fewer car accident and heart disease deaths make sense.

I'm incredulous about flu numbers but the goal of mitigative efforts like masks and social distancing is to reduce the virus' R0(rate of infection/reproduction) and covid19 is more infectious than flu by a significant amount, it is entirely possible that flu has fallen below a rate of reproduction of 1 and covid19 hasn't in that scenario flu dies out and covid doesn't.

I must admit it I find it dubious that the death totals are so similar to last year even with all the changes.

it is possible that masks and social distancing have

[–] binrobinro 3 points -3 points (+0|-3) ago 

It would be, if we weren't wearing our masks.

[–] midnightblue1335 2 points 0 points (+2|-2) ago 

That's the brilliance behind this.

We say "If there's a deadly pandemic, why aren't there thousands of people dying in every city/town?"

(((They))) say "It's because you're wearing your masks, social distancing, and quarantining. If you all weren't behaving like good little children, then you would see the thousands of bodies."

So they set up a conundrum- in order to see that there really is a deadly pandemic, all of the retarded mandates surrounding it would have to be lifted for a few weeks, then people start dying. But we don't want people to die- so why risk it, just wear your masks and OBEY, and trust us that there is a deadly pandemic.

[–] vastrightwing ago 

Don't go digging around in graves, it's sacred.