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UK’s COVID-19 nursing home debacle is a delinquency of massive proportions

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The UK death figures haven't included non-hospital COVID-19 deaths and the government's estimates are suspected to be 5 times too low! This means two things: Newspaper reports have been misleading about the magnitude of the UK's true situation (eg it might be 24K deaths vs 16K deaths).A sickening amount of seniors have been left to …

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A Tale of Four COVID-19 Leaders & Their Pandemic Experts

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Nation/LeaderCMO/pandemic expertAdviceResponseResultUSADonaldTrumpAnthony Fauci et. al.* Flatten the curveDid lessMajor outbreak35,000deathsUKBorisJohnsonSir Patrick Valance et. al.* Allow herd immunity * Isolate the elderly* Flatten the curve (later)FollowedMajor outbreak14,000deathsAustraliaScottMorrisonProf. Brendan Murphyet. al.* Flatten the curve* Eradication (Blakey)* Eradication not possible (Blakey) Did moreNear-eradication65 deathsNZJacintaArdernDr. Carolyn McElnayet al.EradicationFollowedEradication11 deaths So, not much to say today except to point out …

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