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Health & Wellness COVID-19 much less deadly than previously thought, major study finds Will Jones
The Daily Sceptic
Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:53 UTC COVID-19 is much less deadly in the non-elderly population than previously thought, a major new study of antibody prevalence surveys has concluded.

The study was led by Dr. John Ioannidis, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Stanford University, who famously sounded an early warning on March 17th 2020 with a widely-read article in Stat News, presciently arguing that "we are making decisions without reliable data" and "with lockdowns of months, if not years, life largely stops, short-term and long-term consequences are entirely unknown, and billions, not just millions, of lives may be eventually at stake".

In the new study, which is currently undergoing peer-review, Prof. Ioannidis and colleagues found that across 31 national seroprevalence studies in the pre-vaccination era, the average (median) infection fatality rate of COVID-19 was estimated to be just 0.035% for people aged 0-59 years and 0.095% for those aged 0-69 years. A further breakdown by age group found that the average IFR was 0.0003% at 0-19 years, 0.003% at 20-29 years, 0.011% at 30-39 years, 0.035% at 40-49 years, 0.129% at 50-59 years, and 0.501% at 60-69 years.

The study states that it shows a "much lower pre-vaccination IFR in non-elderly populations than previously suggested".

A breakdown by country reveals the wide range of IFR values across different populations.

The significantly higher values for the top seven suggest some of the difference may be an artefact of, for example, the way Covid deaths are counted, particularly where excess death levels are similar. Note also that the antibody studies datefrom various points during the first year of the pandemic, most of them prior to the large winter wave of 2020-21, when levels of spread and numbers of deaths were more varied than later in the pandemic as subsequent waves caused countries to converge.

The reason some countries had much lower values and some much higher is not completely clear. The authors suggest that "much of the diversity in IFR across countries is explained by differences in age structure", as per the plot below.

However, the age breakdown by country suggests that the IFR differed for each age group in each country, casting doubt on that suggestion. (In the chart below, note the logarithmic scale, and ignore the zig-zag lines, which are due to small countries having low numbers of deaths.)
Why are countries seeing differing IFRs even for the same age groups? The authors suggest a number of explanations, including data artefacts (e.g. if the number of deaths or seroprevalence are not accurately measured), presence and severity of comorbidities (for example, obesity affects 42% of the U.S. population, but the proportion of obese adults is only 2% in Vietnam, 4% in India and under 10% in most African countries, though it affects almost 40% of South African women), the presence of frail individuals in nursing homes and differences in management, healthcare, overall societal support and levels of drug problems.

Prof. Ioannidis has previously published a number of papers estimating COVID-19's IFR using seroprevalence surveys. He and his team conclude that their new estimates provide a baseline from which to assess further IFR declines following the widespread use of vaccination, prior infections and evolution of new variants such as Omicron.
Comment: See also:

• John Ioannidis: Another shutdown would do more harm than good
• Modelers were 'astronomically wrong' in COVID-19 predictions, says epidemiologist Dr. John Ioannidis - And the world is paying the price
• Stanford researcher Dr. John Ioannidis says coronavirus might not be as deadly as flu
• Ioannidis releases new medical analysis of 12 global coronavirus studies finding 9 of 12 show COVID-19 fatality rates similar to seasonal flu
• Stanford U. epidemiologist John Ioannidis lambasts the media for panicking the public over Covid-19
• World's leading epidemiologist John Ioannidis on COVID-19 fiasco: 'We are making decisions without reliable data'

https://www.sott.net/article/473277-COVID-19-much-less-deadly-than-previously-thought-major-study-finds

Top Ten Pandemic Fables

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Mark

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IT’S a year unlike any other on planet earth. Many know deep down that there is something very wrong taking place. No one is allowed to have an opinion any more, no matter how many PhD’s behind their name. No one has the freedom any longer to make their own medical choices (“My body, my choice” no longer applies). No one is allowed to engage facts publicly without being censored or even dismissed from their careers. Rather, we have entered a period reminiscent of the powerful propaganda and intimidation campaigns that immediately preceded the most distressing dictatorships (and genocides) of the past century. Volksgesundheit — for the “Public Health” — was a centrepiece in Hitler’s plan.  

In democratic societies, the needs of public health sometimes require citizens to make sacrifices for the greater good, but in Nazi Germany, national or public health — Volksgesundheit — took complete precedence over individual health care. Physicians and medically trained academics, many of whom were proponents of “racial hygiene,” or eugenics, legitimized and helped to implement Nazi policies aiming to “cleanse” German society of people viewed as biologic threats to the nation’s health. —In the Name of Public Health — Nazi Racial Hygiene by Susan Bachrach, Ph.D.

With CNN’s Don Lemon calling for the “unvaccinated” to be barred from grocery stores, or Piers Morgan demanding that the unvaccinated be barred from health care, Volksgesundheit has returned with a frothing vengeance — this time against those nasty, selfish healthy people who dare to trust their powerful natural immunity, as millennia of descendants did before them. Even the existence of concentration “camps” for “high risk individuals” (ie. the unvaccinated?) is no conspiracy theory and is detailed on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website. The fact that many are losing their jobs as we speak for refusing the jab brings this reality very much home. We are headed toward one of the most divisive and destructive periods perhaps in human history — and propaganda, once again, is playing a central role. ... more

https://amp.nos.nl/artikel/2391497-93-procent-bloeddonoren-heeft-antistoffen-tegen-corona.html

Meer dan 93 procent van de Nederlanders die bloed doneren heeft antistoffen in hun bloed tegen corona dankzij een besmetting of een vaccinatie. Bloedbank Sanquin onderzoekt elke week een deel van hun bloeddonaties op antistoffen.

Hoe meer antistoffen in je bloed, hoe beter je beschermd bent tegen een besmetting met corona. De kans dat je dan ernstig ziek wordt of in het ziekenhuis belandt, is heel klein. Goed nieuws volgens OMT-lid Marc Bonten, maar wat betekent dit voor de groepsimmuniteit? En kan het beleid nu sneller versoepeld worden?

Eerst even de cijfers:

"Dit hoge percentage komt vooral door de explosieve groei van gevaccineerde twintigers de laatste weken", zegt Hans Zaaijer, arts-microbioloog en onderzoeker bij de bloedbank. ... more

Part One – Covid-19 Scamdemic Casedemic latest and investigations

Tony and Martin joined by Lib Dem candidate for Bristol Mayor, Dr. Caroline Gooch, who has a PHD in neurophysiology.

Experts had been expecting a pandemic for a long time – 2017 war gaming of a pandemic – government didn’t learn and prepare. What could UK government have done better to deal with Covid 19. Ivermectin used effectively in other countries LINK**.

PMQs 50,000 undiagnosed cancers since Covid 19. PMQs Kier Starmer – what happens when furlough runs out? PMQs schools going back.

Why those pro Brexit are often anti lockdown too, and remainers are for lockdown.

Clean air zones in Bristol undecided STORY LINK**. Clean air zone for Bath in March. Public transport in Bristol. People living in vans in Bristol will not face possible injunction until Autumn.

Bristol’s working harbour under threat STORY LINK**.

PMQs Councils are strapped for cash. P

MQs Ian Liddel Grainger – Somerset Council should not be split.

What Caroline would do if she became Mayor.

Part Two – News Review and Investigative Reports: 

Meghan wins case against the Daily Mail who printed her letter to her Dad. How her Dad, Mr Markle, had tried to contact Meghan many times, and has proof, but she said he hadn’t – were their communications interfered with, or is one of them lying? LINK to Mail article**.

Queen doesn’t want shareholdings to be public STORY LINK**.

Peter Dasazk, Zoologist, worked with Wuhan lab on Gain of Function research, or bio warfare. March 2020 – What Next? Show – Dasazk predicting pandemics. CNN report by David Colver – Dasazk is one of the WHO team in China investigating origins of Covid 19 – conflict of interest. Steve Hilton’s report on Fox News – detailed investigation into Anthony Fauci’s and Peter Dasazk’s Gain of Function research at the Wuhan Lab, the main centre for this kind of research into bat coronaviruses – evidence points towards a lab leak of Covid 19. Larry Romanov – Fort Deitrich closed in summer 2019 – did Covid 19 actually leak from here? LINK**. NYP – Miranda Divine ….Dasazk…. Ronald Pees from Science in Action – Dasazk……... more

7NOV20

I used to call it "The Virus of the Month Club." Trying to warn colleagues about the corruption in the vaccine racket. Too many scoffed it off, and the swamp critters seem to have gotten their way. Vaccine numbers have never stacked up. The current situation has, thus, long been predicted. Not only do vaccines generate potentially trillions in profit, but the use of "Public Health Department" to instigate a totalitarian takeover. Maybe that doesn't seem so far-fetched today?

The main thing that is different today, that prevented this from happening sooner, is "Smart" phones. The reduction of everyone into individuals, at mercy of unchecked technocratic tyranny.

The people who drew current world borders, and decided what sort of regime to test out in various countries, seem, as predicted, to have selected the CCP model for all of us, forever.

In order to implant computers in your brain, you will likely need to take immunosupressive drugs, receive scores of vaccines, and wear a mask, for life. Best patch the humanity-hackers could come up with.