Alberta Sheeple

[flea beetle]

No, infectivity is not cases, it is the measure of the transmissibility of disease.
Infectivity
In epidemiology, infectivity is the ability of a pathogen to establish an infection. More specifically, infectivity is a pathogen's capacity for horizontal transmission that is, how frequently it spreads among hosts that are not in a parent–child relationship

If you are going to show us all how smart you are by using big words in making an argument, at least learn what the big words mean before using them or you end up looking like a simple fool who does not understand math.

“Infectivity is a pathogen’s capacity for horizontal transmission that is, how frequently it spreads among hosts”

And how is infectivity measured? You guessed it…by cases! Don’t be such a sore loser!

[dmlfarmer]

Infectivity IS CASES. They are the only numbers we have to go by.

Provide numbers that state that the infectivity is different than the numbers we are using, and you would have a leg to stand on. But then your death rate would most likely drop. So…

All I did was factor the cases and death rate against the population of New Zealand. Not hiding anything here. Just using simple math.

No, infectivity is not cases, it is the measure of the transmissibility of disease.
Infectivity
In epidemiology, infectivity is the ability of a pathogen to establish an infection. More specifically, infectivity is a pathogen's capacity for horizontal transmission that is, how frequently it spreads among hosts that are not in a parent–child relationship

If you are going to show us all how smart you are by using big words in making an argument, at least learn what the big words mean before using them or you end up looking like a simple fool who does not understand math.

[fjlip]

what flu?

Covid deaths/cases ARE THE FLU! PCR can not tell the diff, Variants are REAL hard to test for...not being tested, just GUESSED/ stated falsely./

[farming101]

what flu?

[flea beetle]

Infectivity IS CASES. They are the only numbers we have to go by.

Provide numbers that state that the infectivity is different than the numbers we are using, and you would have a leg to stand on. But then your death rate would most likely drop. So…

All I did was factor the cases and death rate against the population of New Zealand. Not hiding anything here. Just using simple math.

[dmlfarmer]

Again. You used the same numbers to show lethality. So why can’t I?

So your lethality numbers are wrong then?

I more than happy to try to explain the difference to you again because everytime I have to do this it reinforces fact and shows again your twisted logic and everything you post should be questioned.

I compared actual documented deaths of both Covid and flu in new zealand Here is my data"

So 26 deaths/3519 cases = death risk of 0.7% from Covid
1000 deaths/2,430,000 cases = death risk of 0.04% from the flu

Here is your response and note the word you used INFECTIVITY which I never used:

If you factor infectivity into the equation, you are 0.0005% likely to die from covid. While you are 0.02% likely to die from the flu. 40 times more likely to die from the flu as opposed to covid.

And I repeat, there has never been masking, social distancing, etc to control the seasonal flu therefore you cannot simply say because there are more flu cases than Covid that the flu is more infective nor can you therefore extrapolate that to claim the risk of death from the flu is higher than covid. You are comparing apples to oranges .

[flea beetle]

Again. You used the same numbers to show lethality. So why can’t I?

So your lethality numbers are wrong then?

[dmlfarmer]

No comment to this?

because you were claiming based on just case numbers that the flu was more lethal than Covid while ignoring the fact there were lockdowns , masks, and social distancing implemented to slow transmission of covid therefore lowering case numbers - none of which happens with seasonal flu.

[flea beetle]

So how come it was ok to use infectivity (cases) vs death to show lethality in your case, but not mine? You can’t have it both ways!

No comment to this?

[dmlfarmer]

A data set from Jan when less than 5% of the population was vaxed in the height of cold and flu til July, the seasonal low. Talk about a 🍒 picked data set to obfuscate the truth for the sheeple.

Thank you Big Lentil for making my point. Yes the data STARTS in January but if you look at the chart you will see it goes until AUGUST Since vaxcinations have risen exponentially since Jan through August you would have exppected the hospitalization line to have risen and surpassed the unvaxed if the vaccinated were ending up in hospital from Covid. But the Covid line has flatlined even as we have passed 50% vaxed. The second thing the chart shows is the waves of Covid are not affecting the vaxed population like the unvaxed. It is unvaxed people who continue to drive the Covid waves