Swiss Policy Research - Facts about Covid-19
*As of September 2021, all emphasis added
1. Lethality: According to the latest immunological studies, the overall infection fatality rate (IFR) of covid-19 in the general population is about 0.1% to 0.5% in most countries, which is most closely comparable to the medium influenza pandemics of 1936, 1957 and 1968.
2. Treatment: For people at high risk or high exposure, early or prophylactic treatment is essential to prevent progression of the disease. According to numerous international studies, early outpatient treatment of covid may significantly reduce hospitalizations and deaths.
https://swprs.org/on-the-treatment-of-covid-19/
3. Age profile: The median age of covid deaths is over 80 years in most Western countries (78 in the US) and about 5% of the deceased had no serious preconditions. The age and risk profile of covid mortality is therefore comparable to normal mortality, but increases it proportionally.
4. Nursing homes: In many Western countries, about 50% of all covid deaths have occurred in nursing homes, which require targeted and humane protection. In some cases, care home residents died NOT from the coronavirus, but from weeks of stress and isolation.
5. Excess mortality: To date, the pandemic increased mortality by 5% to 25% in most Western countries. Up to 25% of the additional deaths were caused NOT by covid, but by indirect effects of the pandemic and lockdowns (e.g. fewer treatments of cancer and heart attack patients).
6. Antibodies: By the end of 2020, antibody seroprevalence was between 10% and 30% of the population in most Western countries. At seroprevalence levels above 30%, a significant decrease in the infection rate was observed in many regions.
7. Symptoms: About 30% of all infected persons show no symptoms. Overall, about 95% of all people develop at most mild or moderate symptoms and do not require hospitalization. Early outpatient treatment may significantly reduce hospitalizations.
10. Masks: There is still LITTLE TO NO scientific evidence for the effectiveness of face masks in the general population, and the introduction of mandatory masks couldn’t contain or slow the epidemic in most countries. If used improperly, masks may increase the risk of infection.
11. Children and schools: In contrast to influenza, the risk of disease and transmission in children is rather low in the case of covid. There was and is therefore NO MEDICAL REASON for the closure of elementary schools or other measures specifically aimed at children.
12. Vaccines: Real-world studies have shown a very high, but rapidly declining effectiveness of covid vaccines. Numerous severe and fatal vaccine adverse events have been reported even in young people. A previous covid infection provides much better protection than vaccination.
https://swprs.org/covid-vaccine-adverse-events/
https://www.openvaers.com/covid-data/mortality - 13,911 as of 8/27/21
13. Contact tracing: A WHO study of 2019 on measures against influenza pandemics concluded that from a medical perspective, contact tracing is “NOT recommended in any circumstances”. Contact tracing apps on cell phones have also proven ineffective in most countries.
14. PCR tests: The highly sensitive PCR test kits may in some cases produce FALSE POSITIVE or FALSE NEGATIVE results or react to non-infectious virus fragments from a previous infection. In this regard, the so-called cycle threshold or ct value is an important parameter.
16. Lockdowns: In contrast to early border controls, lockdowns have had NO SIGNIFICANT effect on the pandemic. According to the UN, lockdowns may put the livelihood of 1.6 billion people at acute risk and may push an additional 150 million children into poverty.
18. Media: The reporting of many media has been UNPROFESSIONAL, has INCREASED FEAR AND PANIC in the population and has led to a HUNDREDFOLD OVERESTIMATION of the lethality of the coronavirus. Some media even used manipulative pictures and videos to dramatize the situation.
-Coronavirus disease 2019: The harms of exaggerated information and non-evidence-based measures, European Journal of Clinical Investigation
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.co....m/doi/full/10.1111/e
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