France keeps breaking records in the COVID-19 mortality rate: 17.66% (as of April 20, 2020). Other “leading European countries” are catching up with France.

Last update and review: April 22, 2020.

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The worst COVID-19 mortality rates are in Europe.

The “leading European countries” became the leaders in medical incompetence. The worst COVID-19 mortality rates are in Europe.

Massive use of corticosteroids, excessive use of mechanical ventilation, inappropriate use of toxic and ineffective antivirals, delayed treatment, withholding of effective treatment are some of the reasons of the catastrophic mortality rates in Europe. We already discussed this in another article on this web site (see the link below).

Idiotic medical doctors turned COVID-19 into a Plague: in some areas of France COVID-19 mortality rate may be reaching 23% and, on average, it is 14.28%.

COVID-19 mortality: a Rating of Shame.

Below, there is a table where European countries are ranked by their COVID-19 mortality rate. It is a Rating of Shame.

The daily increase in new COVID-19 cases dropped dramatically. The epidemic seems to be on a decline

There are, however, some good news. The daily increase in new COVID-19 cases dropped dramatically. The epidemic seems to be on a decline, or rather at a low steady pace. The last column shows the daily increase in new COVID-19 cases. During the peak days, the daily increase was on average 10%. By April 20, 2020, the daily increase in new COVID-19 cases dropped.

Below, there are table with COVID-19 mortality rates in different countries. The picture is similar in terms of new cases. The epidemic is on a decline in the countries where the number of cases reached a certain high level. But nobody else has such catastrophic COVID-19 mortality as the “leading European countries”.

The official WHO report from April 20, 2020, that we used to calculate the mortality rates and the daily case increase rates is inserted below.

In the infected with SARS-CoV-1 (2002-2004), the mortality rate was above 50% in individuals aged 65 and above.

Do not underestimate COVID-19. It is a serious disease. In people who test positive on a PCR test for SARS-CoV-2, only 30% do not have pathologic changes visible on a CT scan of their lungs. Many acquire a form of immunity without ever testing positive on a PCR test or having noticeable symptoms. We do not know how protective this type of immunity is. However, acquiring immunity without ever having symptoms and testing positive on a PCR test is a desirable good outcome. Acquiring immunity here means that the adaptive immune systems start producing specific antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 that can be detected on a blood test. This is called seroconversion. You need to understand the disease and to take measures to minimize the possible negative impact of the inevitable encounter with COVID-19.

In the meantime, idiotic totalitarian bureaucrats, incompetent medical doctors, and illiterate patients are all contributing to catastrophic morbidity and mortality of an already serious disease. It seems that in the older age groups, the mortality of COVID-19 will be approaching the gruesome statistics of SARS-1 (2002-2004) caused by a similar virus, SARS-CoV-1.

Channappanavar et al., 2014 (1):

During the 2002–2003 epidemic, SARS-CoV infection resulted in an overall 10 % mortality. While 100 % survival was observed in young (below 24 years old) SARS-CoV infected patients, the mortality rate was above 50% in elderly individuals aged 65 and above [11].

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Preparedness audit: are you ready to deal with COVID-19?

Selected references:

1. Rudragouda Channappanavar• Jincun Zhao• Stanley Perlman, Immunol Res (2014) 59:118–128.