Re: anti-science reopening demos are astroturf, not grassroots

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 08:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > we really need to keep repeating this fact, since the media in 
 > general neglects this important fact
 > 
 > https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/06/12/the-corporate-origins-of-the-anti-science-reopen-demonstrations/

Yeah.

But, I think the statistics cited are deceptive.  Saying that 5% of
COVID-19 cases require a ventilator doesn't really indicate the true death
rate.  So far, the known death rate of both symptomatic and asymptomatic
cases is 0.6%, which is about 6 times as high as the seasonal flu.