{"id":171525,"date":"2020-11-02T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=171525"},"modified":"2020-12-02T09:50:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T09:50:29","slug":"facts-about-covid19-october-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/11\/facts-about-covid19-october-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts about Covid19 \u2013 October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fully referenced facts about covid-19, provided by experts in the field, to help our readers make a realistic risk assessment.
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Overview<\/h4>\n
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  1. Lethality<\/strong>: According to the latest immunological studies, the overall infection fatality rate (IFR) of covid-19 in the general population is about 0.1% to 0.5%<\/a> in most countries, which is comparable to the medium influenza pandemics of 1957 and 1968.<\/li>\n
  2. Treatment<\/strong>: For people at high risk or high exposure, early or prophylactic treatment<\/a> is essential to prevent progression of the disease and avoid hospitalization.<\/li>\n
  3. Age profile<\/strong>: The median age of covid deaths is over 80 years<\/a> in most countries and only about 5%<\/a> of the deceased had no serious preconditions. In contrast to pandemic influenza, the age and risk profile of covid mortality is thus comparable to normal mortality<\/a> and increases it proportionally.<\/li>\n
  4. Nursing homes<\/strong>: In many Western countries, up to two thirds<\/a> of all covid deaths have occurred in nursing homes, which require targeted and humane protection. In some cases it is not clear<\/a> whether the residents really died of covid or of weeks of stress and isolation<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. Excess mortality<\/strong>: Up to 30% of all additional deaths may have been caused not by covid<\/a>, but by the effects of lockdowns, panic and fear<\/a>. For example, the treatment of heart attacks and strokes decreased by up to 40%<\/a> because many patients no longer dared to go to hospital.<\/li>\n
  6. Symptoms<\/strong>: Up to 40% of all infected persons show no symptoms<\/a>, about 80% show at most mild symptoms, and about 95% show at most moderate symptoms<\/a> and do not require hospitalization. The initial assumption that there was no immunity to the new coronavirus was not correct<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Long covid<\/strong>: About 10% of symptomatic people report post-acute or long covid<\/a>, i.e. symptoms that last for several weeks or months. This also affects younger and previously healthy people with a strong immune response. The post-viral syndrome<\/a> is known from severe influenza, too.<\/li>\n
  8. Transmission<\/strong>: According to current knowledge, the main routes of transmission of the virus are indoor aerosols<\/a> and droplets produced when speaking or coughing, while outdoor aerosols as well as most object surfaces<\/a> appear to play a minor role.<\/li>\n
  9. Masks<\/strong>: There is still little to no scientific evidence<\/a> for the effectiveness of cloth face masks in the general population, and the introduction of mandatory masks couldn\u2019t contain<\/a> or slow the epidemic in most countries. If used improperly, masks may increase<\/a> the risk of infection.<\/li>\n
  10. Children and schools<\/strong>: In contrast to influenza, the risk of disease and transmission in children is very low<\/a> in the case of covid. There was and is therefore no medical reason<\/a> for the closure of elementary schools or other measures specifically aimed at children.<\/li>\n
  11. Contact tracing<\/strong>: A WHO study of 2019 on measures against influenza pandemics concluded that from a medical perspective, contact tracing is \u201cnot recommended in any circumstances\u201d<\/a>. Contact tracing apps on cell phones have also failed<\/a> in most countries.<\/li>\n
  12. PCR tests<\/strong>: The virus test kits used internationally may in some cases produce false positive<\/a> and false negative results or react to non-infectious virus fragments<\/a> from a previous infection. In this regard, the so-called cycle threshold or ct value<\/a> is an important parameter.<\/li>\n
  13. Medical mismanagement<\/strong>: In the US and some other countries, fatal medical mismanagement<\/a> of some covid patients occurred due to questionable financial incentives<\/a> and inappropriate protocols. In most countries, covid hospital mortality has since decreased significantly<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  14. Lockdowns<\/strong>: The WHO warned that lockdowns have caused a \u201cterrible global catastrophe\u201d<\/a>. According to the UN, lockdowns may put the livelihood of 1.6 billion people<\/a> at acute risk and may push an additional 150 million children<\/a> into poverty. Unemployment, bankruptcies and psychological problems have reached record levels<\/a> worldwide.<\/li>\n
  15. Sweden<\/strong>: In Sweden, total mortality without lockdown has so far been in the range of a strong influenza season<\/a>. 70% of Swedish deaths occurred in<\/a> nursing homes that were not protected quickly enough. The median age<\/a> of the Swedish covid deaths is 84 years.<\/li>\n
  16. Media<\/strong>: The reporting of many media has been unprofessional<\/a>, has maximized fear and panic in the population and has led to a massive overestimation<\/a> of the lethality and mortality of covid. Some media even used manipulative pictures<\/a> and videos to dramatize the situation.<\/li>\n
  17. False reports<\/strong>: Many media reports of young and healthy people dying from covid turned out to be false: many of these young people either did not die<\/a> from covid, or they had already been seriously ill<\/a> (e.g. from undiagnosed leukemia), or they were in fact 109 instead of 9<\/a> years old. The prevalence of inflammatory reactions to covid in children was also greatly exaggerated<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  18. Vaccines<\/strong>: Several medical experts warned that<\/a> express coronavirus vaccines may be risky<\/a>. Indeed, the vaccine against the so-called swine flu<\/a> of 2009, for example, led to cases of severe neurological damage<\/a> and lawsuits in the millions. In the testing of new coronavirus vaccines, too, serious complications<\/a> and failures<\/a> have already been reported.<\/li>\n
  19. Virus origin<\/strong>: The origin of the new corona virus remains unclear, but the best evidence currently points to a covid-like pneumonia incident in a Chinese mine<\/a> in 2012, whose virus samples were collected, stored and researched by the Virology Institute in Wuhan (WIV).<\/li>\n
  20. Surveillance<\/strong>: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warned that the covid pandemic may be used to permanently expand global surveillance<\/a>. In several parts of the world, the population is being monitored by drones<\/a> and facing serious police overreach during lockdowns.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    See also:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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    1. On the treatment of Covid-19<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Studies on Covid-19 lethality <\/a><\/li>\n
    3. The evidence on face masks<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. On post-acute (\u201clong\u201d) Covid<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. On the origin of SARS-CoV-2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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