If you leave out the old age homes of New York City, mismanaged by Governor Cuomo, covid-19 was a seasonal flu. See "[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/28/coronavirus-hype-biggest-political-hoax-in-history/ Coronavirus hype biggest political hoax in history]." The mortality rate is between 0.1 percent and 0.2 percent compared to 0.1 percent for the flu, according to this article. It occurs to me that this makes theories about lab leaks and bioweapons a lot less likely. The virus could have circulated in backwater China without anyone noticing for quiet some time. The outbreak was more about mass hysteria than pandemic, a modern version of the [https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518 dancing plague of 1518]. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:11, 7 June 2020 (EDT) | If you leave out the old age homes of New York City, mismanaged by Governor Cuomo, covid-19 was a seasonal flu. See "[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/28/coronavirus-hype-biggest-political-hoax-in-history/ Coronavirus hype biggest political hoax in history]." The mortality rate is between 0.1 percent and 0.2 percent compared to 0.1 percent for the flu, according to this article. It occurs to me that this makes theories about lab leaks and bioweapons a lot less likely. The virus could have circulated in backwater China without anyone noticing for quiet some time. The outbreak was more about mass hysteria than pandemic, a modern version of the [https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518 dancing plague of 1518]. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:11, 7 June 2020 (EDT) |