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I am not downplaying anything, though. I am well aware of the deaths and the death rate. The total deaths worldwide, as of now, are likely not even to the level of the flu deaths in a year and nowhere near the death count of AIDs on a annual basis. Those are facts.

The death rate may pick up again soon, though most experts believer it will remain relatively constant, but we do not know that. We do not know how things are going to go right now, but so far the projections on the death toll have been consistently far too high. No matter where you look, the death rate has been on a decline even when social distancing guidelines were relaxed in the beginning of May,

The numbers show that the only people this disease really poses a serious risk to, meaning death, are the elderly and those with previously existing medical conditions. Those are the people who should take serious precautions in order to avoid the disease. Those under 65 with no pre-existing conditions have nearly a 0% chance of dying from COVID-19.

The reason I argue against the response to COVID-19 so much is simply because most of the media reports are nothing but fear-mongering hysteria meant to boost ratings. People take those reports and make further sensationalist statements without any real knowledge. People need to know the facts and the numbers and very few people have taken the time to actually do that research. If they did, there would still be a healthy, rational fear of this pandemic instead of a hysterical, irrational fear.

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