The country this year which has been most ravaged by Covid-19 – losing a shocking 1,600 people in every million to the virus at the time of writing – is Belgium.
That might come as something of a surprise. You could be forgiven for thinking it was America, thanks to Trump’s alleged ignorance of science. Or what about Britain, which locked down ‘too late’ because of its government’s short-lived but foolish belief in freedom? Or Brazil, whose right-wing leader complained that lockdowns and masks were for ‘fags’? If not those, then surely Sweden, where there has famously been no hard lockdown at all?
But no, it’s Belgium. There’s nothing particularly unusual about Belgium’s response. Nothing that diverged significantly from the consensus. It did the same thing as everyone else around the same time as everyone else. It even garnered praise for its testing capacity.
There’s one caveat: Belgium’s unparalleled death rate might be down to how the deaths are counted. Some say Belgium is merely the ‘most honest’ country – while others have accused officials of overcounting and including all kinds of deaths not caused by Covid.
But go down the list of deaths per million and you find more places you might not expect. Hard-hit Italy is in second place, but it was the first to get hit in the West so we should let them off. Then there’s Slovenia, which was relatively unscathed in the spring. After that, it’s Peru. Peru announced one of the earliest lockdowns in the world on 16 March – also the first in Latin America. The restrictions were some of the most stringent on the planet, enforced by the military. Masks were made mandatory in public. But by May, two months in, cases began to jump considerably. This was despite the country doing ‘everything right’ and ‘right on time’. There was some easing of the lockdown from June onwards. But social gatherings were still illegal in August, by which point 200 people were still dying per day.
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The province is reporting 107 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest number of new cases since mid-October, to go with nine deaths.
Let me reword this one para accurately and honestly. In a way that provides the public with an easy to understand picture of this situation that we have no say in how it is addressed. The public is owed no less from those we elect to serve us. Before I get started notice that the numbers of new ‘cases’ never include and specify how many of which required hospitalization. The every day adding of gasoline on the fear fire they started instead of water suits their purpose(s). OK here goes…
COVID-19 Press Release:
The province is reporting 107 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. Of those 107 new cases 105 (I’m guessing but it is probably not far off)were notified that they must stay at home and watch NETFLIX or FaceTime for the next 14 days. The government is as always duty bound to remind taxpayers that these 105 new ‘cases’ pose no burden on our health care system. There were also 9 new deaths reported 8 of which are associated to long term care facilities housing society’s most vulnerable citizens. The healthcare/government Code Red although devastating our economy and the personal lives of countless 100’s of 1000’s of healthy citizens saved this ONE life. That alone proves we are on the right path. Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin and Premier Brian Pallister wish to extend their gratitude to all citizens for their continuing obedience. Together we will defeat this menace.
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