Originally Posted by
holliscx
Colin Powell had prostate cancer, Parkinson's, plus an incurable type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma. This is the problem that I have with statistics, and I know someone linked to an excellent The Economist article earlier in this thread re: excess deaths, but that's a reach to attribute Powell's death to covid. He was 84, immunocompromised, and could've succumbed to a Taco Bell fart. What's more, the media has used his obit to push the vaccine narrative which is flagrant opportunism.
Are there other examples where, say, you have a cold and you're in a plane crash yet your death is labeled due to a common cold, just completely ignoring the elephant in the room, or is the cause of all deaths subjective? I'm not trolling or mocking Powell's death (I was weaned on Nachos BellGrande) but at some point we've got to revert to calling a spade a spade. Another example, this summer in Spain I read a headline that there were 4,000 covid deaths and the average age was 80. Apparently dying of old age doesn't exist anymore just like there was no flu, people didn't catch the common cold because of masks, etc. I believe the scope and severity of covid to the general population has been over exaggerated and irresponsibly reported from day one. I have friends who say they're going to wear a mask for the rest of their lives; I know people who still clean surfaces obsessively; others don't take public transportation and on and on.