I remember stockpiling staple foods like dry beans & rice. I remember all the medical people I knew taking it very seriously. I remember various comments by tRump.
“Looks like by April, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.” “very much under control,” “We’re going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up.” “...when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.” “And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.”
@FreddieUK A study of death certificates tells us that it wasn't simply a matter of mis-classifying other causes of death. mis-classification doesn't explain the huge increase in the number of US deaths.
P.S. under this question I've also posted a more data-intensive table covering a six year period 2025-2020 comparing top ten causes of death based on death certificates.
@ElwoodBlues I think you may have misunderstood what I was saying to marine Bob. He said there were no flu cases. Neither of us said anything about deaths. I responded at the ordinary cases of flu that you normally have in the winter, will probably not diagnosed because people weren’t going to their GPs for routine appointments.
But if someone came down with flu-like symptoms, how would they know it was or wasn't COVID without going to a doctor or other health professional?
"You cannot tell the difference between flu and COVID-19 by the symptoms alone because many of the signs and symptoms are the same. Testing is needed to confirm a diagnosis. Having a medical professional administer a test that detects both flu and COVID-19 allows you to get diagnosed and treated for the specific virus you have more quickly."
But surely there must have been many that tested positive for flu when they went for their tests. But somehow, they were much below normal during the first year of COVID, then mysteriously went back to normal after that.
