Ah yes, that's the same website I've obtained my data from as well. As far as I can tell, the data on Australia matches up with those published by ABS which makes it quite spot on. They may have updated the 2020 data since. I'll have to review it. Let's examine Australia's data in detail.
You'll note 2 interesting facts. 1, there's no correlation between spikes in covid infections and death rate as compared to prior years. Compare the high point of 29 Mar 2020 and 2 Aug 2020. If there was a correlation, we would have seen the death rate go up in the associated period but it's actually lower than the 2015-19 average.
All in all, if we aggregate by year, there's really no significant spikes.
Now, having said that, I'm not denying Covid exist. I think it's pretty deadly for smokers and those with pre-existing conditions but those people already have one foot in the grave.
As for vaccines, I'm all for vaccines. What I'm against is being a lab rat.
How does this impact FBR? Heaps. The more people buy into this fear, the worst the economy will get. The smart solution is to isolate the at risk groups and let the rest get on with their lives. Pretty much how Sweden played it.
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