This from a government site makes a mockery of everything we are being told.
National comparison of 2020 residential aged care deaths with previous yearandinfluenza comparisons Across the 2020 calendar year to 31 July2020, the total number of departures from residential care due to death is 32,398, compared with 33,383 at the same point in 2019. The lower number of deaths in 2020 in the data available to date compared to the same point in 2019is likely the result of increased influenza immunisation rates, and increased infection control protocols introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
