How deadly?

How deadly is the Covid 19 virus?

An article in MSN posts results of several medical research operations. Not one of them is reported to have found the percentage of fatalities among people infected as high as a single percentage point. 

All of them post fractions of less than one percent.

So, for less than one percentage point of deaths among those infected by the virus, we are burdened with dozens of restrictions. We are coerced into buying those ridiculous face masks and rubber gloves and tons of disinfectants. On top of that, we are threatened with fines and public ridicule for failing to comply.

And to top it all off, municipal officials are allowing thriving businesses to die, jobs to disappear, with more of the same promised every day on electronic media.

The whole thing has deteriorated into a media event with the large numbers given up-front to keep media-induced microphobes glued to the screen.

A couple of days ago CTV began a news item with number of Covid cases, went on to other huge numbers world-wide and ended with the actual number of deaths in Canada--two.

Wow!

News editing priorities have changed radically since I was in the game.