The institutional data available since the beginning of the Society lockdown phase made it possible to understand how these measures were not necessary at all
● already on February 22nd (in Italy the closure of commercial activities begins on March 12th) the Director of the most important Italian Coronavirus Analysis Laboratory declares that based on the data in her possession Coronavirus is “”We swapped an infection just more serious than a flu for a lethal pandemic: it’s not like that, look at the numbers” – <read Article>
● On February 25th, the Italian representative to the WHO announces that Coronavirus must be reduced: it is a normal influence «We also reduce this great alarm which is right not to be underestimated, but substantially out of 100 people 80 recover spontaneously, 15 have serious problems but that can be managed in hospital and only for 5% is lethal. Walter Ricciardi, an Italian member of the WHO Executive Committee, named councilor of the Ministry of Health … recalled it. And it was about people [the dead] with health problems. example of normal flu. But normal flu does not kill directly, but causes decompensation in people who are already sick “.» <read Article>
● On March 17 we know that «The one situation where an entire, closed population was tested was the Diamond Princess cruise ship and its quarantine passengers. The case fatality rate there was 1.0%, but this was a largely elderly population, in which the death rate from Covid-19 is much higher. … Projecting the Diamond Princess mortality rate onto the age structure of the U.S. population, the death rate among people infected with Covid-19 woluld be 0.125%. But since this estimate is based on extremely thin data the real death rate could stretch from five times lower (0.025%) to five times higher (0.625%).» <read Article>
● subsequently, on March 20, on New York times David L. Katz, the founding director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center: «The data from South Korea, where tracking the coronavirus has been by far the best to date, indicate that as much as 99 percent of active cases in the general population are “mild” and do not require specific medical treatment. ” – <read Article>
● March 18, it was known that 99% of dead suffered from other diseases – Bloomberg – 99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness (18-03-2020) – <read Article>
● BBC News – «nine in 10 [deaths] did have pre-existing illnesses, such as heart disease and respiratory problems that put them at heightened risk of death anyway. » <see Article>
