Well here is a stunning revelation re real Covid case numbers, well worth the read

http://www.rt.com/op-ed/500000-covid19-math-mistake-panic/

For those posting links you must remove the ‘s’ from the https or it won’t work.
Galen

Thanks Galen, Dr Malcolm Kendrick has been providing a series of posts on the coronavirus situation on his blog. It's great that he has bravely stuck his head above the parapet on this issue, which so desperately needs scrutiny.

Thanks for the tip about the links, and removing the 's', I didn't know that... The links I provided in previous comments do work when pasted into a browser though, but I'll just post them here again in case anyone is interested to pursue them:

- Transparency for coronavirus/COVID-19 statistics - are these being beaten up? 31 August 2020:
http://elizabethhart.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/transparency-for-coronavirus-covid-19-statistics-1.pdf

- Transcript of presentation re conflicts of interest in vaccination policy:
http://elizabethhart.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/conflicts-of-interest-in-vaccination-policy-e-hart.pdf

Also, here's an interesting perspective on the coronavirus situation in Western Europe from Bell & Potter: http://bellpotter.com.au/ideas/coronavirus-analysis-outlook-1-september/

Note: I tried to leave the comment below on Judith Sloan's article in The Australian today, but it was deleted: 'Once it was distance, but a new tyranny has emerged in coronavirus era': http://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/once-it-was-distance-but-a-new-tyranny-has-emerged-in-coronavirus-era/news-story/173654a1dfd96ea36e280d0f34b2b4a2

My deleted comment below (the first sentence is a quote from Judith Sloan's article):

"It also is not just the fact many epidemiologists and, for that matter, state chief health officers have zero clinical experience, including in infectious disease management."

This is the key point. We don’t appear to have effective and independent specialists in infectious disease management in Australia.

We need to look to Sweden and examine what happened there, is anyone doing this? Is anyone involved in public health policy in Australia liaising with specialists in Sweden, e.g. Anders Tegnell?

It’s fashionable of course to attack Sweden’s approach, and their death toll, which occurred mainly in the elderly. (See my BMJ rapid response for some background: Looking at Sweden, COVID-19 and vitamin D… 13 July 2020.)

Tegnell acknowledges “the mortality rate was due to deaths in elderly and long-term care facilities that had weaknesses making it possible for the disease to spread”.*

But otherwise Tegnell’s and Sweden’s handling of the coronavirus situation appears to be working, certainly in avoiding the problems of lockdowns, including serious infringements on people’s liberty, and a myriad other health, social and economic problems that are looming ahead of us in Australia.

It’s crucial to properly and objectively consider Sweden’s approach – where is Australia going with the apparent ‘elimination’ policy that has now replaced the original ‘flattening the curve’?

We’re getting boxed into a corner by so-called ‘experts’ here, this needs critical analysis now.

* Herd immunity ‘definitely not’ Sweden’s goal for coronavirus, says chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell. Newsweek, 14 September 2020.

Also see:
– The surge in Covid cases is not as it seems. Spiked, 15 September 2020
– Will a surge in coronavirus infections lead to a similar surge in deaths? The intriguing evidence from Sweden and US that suggests not necessarily. Daily Mail, 14 September 2020

Thanks Elizabeth, appreciate your links and posts, informative and interesting. I agree with your thoughts wholeheartedly.
Cheers
Galen