Is it a new way to get more attention ?

Covid 19 is an anti-Trump political disease. Unlike the closely related common cold, one must take an expensive medical test even to know one has it.

What happened to the seasonal flu patients that overwhelmed hospitals and nursing homes every year?

Please, confute the conclusion of the retired paper using DATA.
Otherwhise I will call this plain censorship, rightly so.

Dr Eliza, I also am a scientist and as such deal with facts not emotion. The "second wave" is not overwhelming facilities and the "convention centers" were not needed nor used except in a few select, high density cities which protected the vulnerable very poorly in the first wave. I found nothing in her paper that disputes the facts of the death rates. I also believe the public needs to understand that "flattening the curve" does not eliminate the virus (everyone will be exposed), only extends the time that people are exposed and the longer we will have to deal with this. In addition, nobody understands the long term effect of the vaccine(s), nor the ability of the virus to mutate (e.g. influenza). The financial toll on the US will be no less than $10 trillion. Assuming 500,000 people die this year (death toll at 260,000 now), that equates to $20 million for every death. This is an extraordinary burden on current and future generations. This does not take into account the psychological and health impacts of people out of work, nor the lack of education for our children that is taking a severe toll on the US. This will not be the last virus or pandemic we will have to deal with. Our approach was just plain wrong. We need to have a plan to protect the vulnerable in the future and let everyone else live their normal lives so we do not bankrupt this country and negatively impact future generations.

According to: (https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/death-rate), which cites United Nations data, the death rate in the US has been climbing incrementally for most of the past several years, though for 2020 it hasn't changed significantly from 2019. Based on these facts it would appear that Briand's conclusions are sound and the CDC data is suspect. On a side note, the ad hominem attack on Briand was unprofessional.

Dr. Or not i suspect you are part of the problem not the solution. Ever hear of the asian flu of 57.
The almost 250,000 deaths back then actually died of the flu. Not flu/strep throat. Or not flu/stroke. This is the biggest travesty to be foistered on the American people ever. It appears you are part of the destruction of America.

I am a physician and scientist at John Hopkins. This mention in a student newsletter was picked up by conspiracy theorist who think their civil rights are being violated, and they disseminated and glorified it. It’s an unfortunate embarrassment for her and the university. The data she chose to analyze, and conclusions she made are laughable. People can believe her confused conclusions about death rates. But maybe they should consider real issues like the overwhelmed hospitals, especially ICUs all over the country; the need to transform convention centers into hospital wards; the need for mobile morgues. Are these familiar issues from before COVID-19?

Looks like they should have flunked Paula. She doesn't seem to realize there is a difference between dying with covid or dying of covid. Our local hospital has every diagnoses as having covid. e.g. covid/strep throat. That is a real diagnosis. Until the financial reward to the medical profession for covid diagnosis ends this will never end. Obviously she knows nothing about statistical analysis either!!!

Hi Paula,
Dr. Briand does not understand the issue, you say, but you do. Please, elaborate. Thank you!

I am a graduate of the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health. The researcher who published this article is an economist and clearly doesn't understand mortality data or how to interpret it. One would expect to find decreases in other causes of death because some people who would have died of other causes instead have died from COVID-19. I'm glad my alma mater removed this article, but am disturbed that it was published in the first place.

Most folks can't handle the truth. If we the people do not stand up, push back, and reject the tyranny that's coming at us like a freight train, before you know it, we'll be loaded onto that train, headed for the re-education camps. Maybe it won't be that obvious, maybe the re-education will be pharmaceutically delivered, but you won't know it until it's too late. How much evidence do the sheeple need to wake up to the fact this Covid drama is a psyop to usher in the World Economic Forum/UN Agenda 2030/Great Reset?

https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/

Yup she rocked the boat and told the truth and she got a slap on the wrists from the drug pushers. Great she tried and hope she can this onfo out pn other platforms