How dangerous is COVID
- Since COVID started in 2019, less than 0.04% of the population under 70 has died with it, not necessarily of it
- In comparison, traffic accidents kill 0.01-0.02% of the population in the safest countries every year
- Less people died in 2020, a 1st drop in years
Most countries record a death rate of 1%-2% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_death_rates_by_country. Due to the shortage of tests, most people only test when necessary. In other words, the chances of dying after caught the virus is much lower than 1%.
Canada as an example
- In Canada, there's 3% chance getting it
- After getting it, there's 0.23% chance die from it
- Among the 0.23%, 95% are people 70 years or older
- Among the 95% of people 70 years or older, many of them already had 3 or more other illnesses
In 2020. 309,000 Canadians died, which is very sad. It's also normal, in a country of 38 million people is not surprising. Among them, 5% died with covid, not necessarily of it. And that's not much different from what the annual flu does every year.
The data also suggested COVID has a negligible impact on life expectancy.
Government data shows COVID fears are unfounded—why is Canada so afraid?
No evidence of lasting impacts after recovering from the virus
There are some rumors listing different lasting impacts after the patient recovers from the virus. However, none has been substantiated with scientific proof. There are many reports of losing the sense of smell, which is common among flu patients.
No evidence for asymptomatic spread
While many politicians have engaged in fear mongering, exagerating how quickly the virus can spread, there is no scientific evidence to show the virus can spread from people without symptoms.
COVID did not overwhelm the hospitals
Another argument for lockdown is that the Health Care system is overwhelmed by COVID patients.
That is untrue. The hospitals that are overwhelmed have been overwhelmed before COVID, and other hospitals are doing fine. In Alberta for example, 650 covid patients stay in hospitals with a total of 8470 beds. ICU beds occupancy has dropped from around 95% to 90%. This drop can be found all around world, though some governments refuse to release this data.