And having delivered his missive,
@Sir disappeared back to his doomsday cabin in the woods clutching a copy of the prepper's guide to tying knots and a Walmart ammo catalogue.
Number8
My apologies - I don't have the data at my fingertips when I am accessing DyerTribe and I regret that my email was interpreted as a 'missive' (with veiled comments regarding my intellect and political leanings).
You are again welcome to contest my argument - which of course you didn't actually do.
To quote Mark Twain: " There are three kinds of
lies:
lies, damned
lies, and
statistics" ............
I'm not sure the onus is upon me to provide them for you (any more that you didn't provide any to actually counter my 'missive').
I will however try and provide some context (which IMHO is lacking from this entire discussion):
I have placed COVID19 in comparison with the 2017 Bureau of Statistics for deaths in Australia (at the 6 month point - 29 Jun)
Assuming of course that in 2020 we will have similar death rates for Suicide - or lung cancer - or accidental falls - you are most welcome to explain why we are allowing Premiers to wreak havoc upon our economy and our democratic way of life.................
PS - I'm sure you will note that 'influenza and pneumonia' had killed 4269 by the same date in 2017.
PPS - I know of an (ex WW2 pilot) who died of Dementia/Alzheimer's disease two weeks before Lockdown. I'm sure if he had only held on a few more weeks we could have called it "COVID" instead of just being one of 13,729!
Regards,