James Doogue

Western governments have recently struggled to get people vaccinated against Covid-19 because of some true, and some fake, stories about adverse reactions. The cheaper Astrazenaca Covid-19 vaccine has been at the centre of concern due to blood clots. Particularly in under 50's. I believe the stated incidence is now about 1 in 100,000.

Lately we have been blitzed by the mainstream media with images of crowded hospitals, lack of oxygen and burning funeral pyres in India. These reports might shock those in the West who were complacent and demurring getting vaccinated.

But how does India compare to other countries? Is the media giving you a true picture of what's going on in India, or are they taking pictures in places where services are struggling, and implying that is typical accross the country?

Well if we look at the official data it seems the media is being somewhat biased in their reporting. https:// www.worldometers .info/ coronavirus/ #countries

% OF POPULATION:

INFECTIONS CRITICAL DEAD

USA. 9.86%. 0.003%. 0.176%
INDIA. 1.24%. 0.0006%. 0.014%
BRAZIL. 6.69% 0.0039%. 0.183%
TURKEY. 5.44%. 0.0042%. 0.045%
UK. 6.46%. 0.0004%. 0.187%
SPAIN. 7.42%. 0.0049%. 0.166%

You can do the calculations yourself for other countries. But it's very clear, based on the data, India is not a basket case compared to other countries. In fact their Covid-19 infections and deaths to date, as a percentage of their huge almost 1.4 billion population, is quite modest.

The number of critical cases currently is also low compared to their population, and as critical cases make up the bulk of deaths, I can't see India overtaking any of these, and many other countries any time soon.

You may be worried about the rate of increase in new cases in India with a 7 day rolling average of 308,000 new infections recorded daily. This is 0.022% of their total population. Meanwhile the US daily increase in new cases peaked with a 7 day rolling average of 255,952, (11 Jan 2021), which is 0.077% of their population. Which is 3.5 times, or 350% of the daily increases in India which the media has been beating the drum about.

Clearly the media has been beating up how bad Covid-19 is in comparison to other countries. That's not to say their already poorly resources health system is not being overwhelmed at the moment. But we are getting selective reporting. Clearly many parts of India are not badly hit given their overall numbers.

If you didn't know it already, you can't trust the mainstream media including our taxpayer funded ABC. Australia's biggest broadcaster.

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