We speak about India's COVID "disaster", outline the grand COVID-19 narratives framing this "pandemic", and give our final verdicts on COVID-19 lethality, its effect on health care capacity, and lockdowns. Part 1 of 2.

Part 2 of 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-only-its-50787969

Some studies mentioned:

John Ioannidis meta-analysis showing a 0.15% IFR: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/eci.13554

March 19th cohort study on COVID lethality: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32201354/

Briand's working paper on USA death rates: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349925425_COVID-19_Deaths_A_Look_at_US_Data_FEB_2021_WORKING_PAPER_Genevieve_Briand

It's Just a Bad Flu (Part 1 of 2)