Sweden begs to differ with this statement as the as the misleading headline article from the NY times shows that their numbers aren't meaningfully different than other European countries which did lockdown. UK which has a lockdown policy was quite a bit higher.
CDC own numbers on this aren't really supporting the panic level either.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm
Pneumonia is still stomping covid19 as far as deaths. Death projections are made from the 2017-2019 data and as of now they're at 101% of their protections. That number moves up and down but has been sticking really close to 100%. With 60+k unexpected covid19 we should be around 105-107% deaths but we're not.
Things aren't over yet but all the be data coming out is very much supporting that is has been a massive overreaction. If we're going to overreact for the purpose of saving lives, why don't we don't we do it to solve the 9.1 million deaths from hunger and hunger related issues?
