*From Dick Atlee:*
> > *Here's an interesting comment from the World Health Organization, > apparently intended to scare people into thinking the world is in for > endless pandemic, but actually implying something quite different:* > > > > > > > > * WHO: 10% of world’s people may have been infected with virus Jamey > Keaten Associated Press October 5, 2020 > https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-archive-united-nations-54a3a5869c9ae4ee623497691e796083 > <https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-archive-united-nations-54a3a5869c9ae4ee623497691e796083> > Dr. Michael Ryan, speaking to a special session of the WHO’s 34-member > executive board focusing on COVID-19 ... told attendees from governments* *who make up the executive board and provide much of the WHO’s funding. * > > > *“Our current best estimates tell us that about 10 percent of the global > population may have been infected by this virus.” The estimate — which > would amount to more than 760 million people based * > > > > > > > > > *on a current world population of about 7.6 billion — far outstrips the > number of confirmed cases as tallied by both the WHO and Johns Hopkins > University, now more than 35 million worldwide. Experts have long said that > the number of confirmed cases greatly undershoots the true figure. Ryan did > not elaborate on the estimate. Dr. Margaret Harris, a WHO spokeswoman, said > it was based on an average of antibody studies conducted around the > world...* ———————————————————————————————— > > > > > * If https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ > <https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/> is correct, the current total > number of deaths as of now is 1,092,251. That implies an infection fatality > rate of 0.14%. The CDC offers IFRs for various age ranges in a variety of > scenarios; 0.14% is roughly in that ballpark.* * (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html <https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html>) * > > > > > > > > > * And it's about the same as the seasonal flu's IFR. Yes, it's different > from the flu, and has some bizarre manifestations, and the mainstream press > will tell you about long-term disabling injuries, without providing > statistics on them—or on the long-term injuries from the lockdowns, and the > antibody tests are highly suspect. But unless we choose to disbelieve BOTH > the WHO and CDC (who often disagree on other things),* *we have to acknowledge that COVID-19 and the flu are essentially the same* > > > > > > > *in terms of deaths. And we have a cure for COVID-19 that would change > that. Thanks to Kit Knightly of Off-Guardian.org for pointing this out. > https://off-guardian.org/2020/10/08/who-accidentally-confirms-covid-is-no-more-dangerous-than-flu/ > <https://off-guardian.org/2020/10/08/who-accidentally-confirms-covid-is-no-more-dangerous-than-flu/>* --- Support News from Underground: http://bit.ly/NFUSupport Visit News from Underground: https://markcrispinmiller.com You received this email because you are subscribed to News from Underground. To unsubscribe from this email list, please go to: http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=pIdjNUgiG2h8yxbhC54SSy4SEskAoEMs For archives, please go to: http://archives.simplelists.com/nfu
