The adages " you can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some all the time...." and "lies, damned lies and statistic' have been true for centuries.
. Decision makers have always cherry picked the opinions that best meet their own agenda. . Or populated prestigious paid committees and think tanks with biased 'yes men'. If any members make a personal comment contrary to the script they are side lined to obscurity or discredited. Plenty more where they came from eager for the lime light.
Same happens with politicians who behave badly.They hide back under their nasty stones for a while until we forget how ghastly and incompetent they are.
Its nothing new. Its just the current bunch are particularly incompetent at hiding their dishonesty and greed.
Often the difference between those who died 'with' covid , or 'of' covid is not made clear .When the proportion of society testing positive rises, so will those admitted to hospital for other reasons. And so will the number who die for other reasons who tested positive during the last 28 days. Even if they died in a car crash. Yet its always been the case more people die in winter, even if they have been kept comfortably warm and fed.
For many a simplified 'dont think ,just trust us. Get jabbed so you and your granny wont die' ' message may work best. .
For those of us who dig deeper you will always find a professor and a bunch of students who have done a possibly brief study, whos conclusions opinions and statistics agree with what you always thought. Or if you dont want to dig for yourself you can chose a favourite newspaper that can be relied upon to report what you expect.
