Corona, False Alarm

because it is always the same story: Big companies win, small ones lose. Big corporations will survive while many small and midsize companies as well as private businesses will perish. Finance professor, Stefan Homburg, called it “the largest redistribution of wealth in peacetime”. The loser would be the taxpayer (245)

This translates to at least 2 million operations that would normally have been performed. The consequences must be profound

It is clear that viruses change but do not simply disappear. Just as there has always been a flu season, there has also always been a coronavirus season (140)

Drosten: We can learn this from the Spanish flu. It started at the end of the First World War, and most of the 50 million victims died during the second wave.
That is true. But at the time of the Spanish flu, antibiotics were not available to treat secondary bacterial infections that were the main cause of death (139). Consequently, people of all ages died. Whoever compares COVID-19 to the Spanish flu is either completely clueless or deliberately intends to spread fear

Even the WHO originally stated that general wearing of masks did not serve any purpose (133)

Italy, cremations are rather rare. That is why undertakers were overburdened when the government ordered cremations in the course of the coronavirus pandemic. The undertakers were not prepared for that. There were not enough crematoriums and the complete infrastructure was lacking. That is why the military had to help out. And this explains the pictures from Bergamo. Not only was there no infrastructure, there was also a shortage of undertakers because so many were in quarantine

Add to that the fact that there is a large number of people with chronic lung and heart disease, and we have a much greater number in the “high-risk groups” as compared to other countries. In sum, many independent factors come together to create a special case for Italy (105, 106)

The fact that no distinction was made between “death by” and “death with” coronavirus rendered the situation hopeless. Almost 96% of “COVID-19 deaths” in Italian hospitals were patients with pre-existing illnesses. Three quarters suffered from hypertension, more than a third from diabetes. Every third person had a heart condition. As almost everywhere else, the average age was above 80 years. The few people under 50 who died also had severe underlying conditions (41)

COVID-19 victim for life, depending on the inclination of the responsible authority (81, 82). Then, irrespective of when and why death occurs, he or she will enter the COVID-19 death register.

The risk for a person under 65 years in Germany was about as high as a daily drive of 24 kilometres. The risk was low even for the elderly ≥ 80 with 10 “coronavirus deaths” per 10,000 ≥ 80-year olds in Germany (column at the far right).
Calculation of this number is simple. About 8.5 million citizens are ≥ 80 years in Germany. About 8,500 “coronavirus deaths” were recorded in this age group. This leads to an absolute risk of coronavirus death of 10 per 10,000 ≥ 80 year-olds. Now realise that every year about 1,200 of 10,000 ≥ 80-