On Tokyo and New York City, the lockdowns overall (and why it's time to END them), and the fact that ventilators KILL those with COVID-19

[Mark Crispin Miller]

Keith Rushworth responded to my question, "What's up with that?"—i.e., the fact that NYC, under lockdown,

has had 11,000 deaths (allegedly) due to COVID-19, while Tokyo, not under lockdown has had just 93.

His response is so enlightening that I'm sharing it with you.

MCM

Good question. I think a partial answer is that countries close to China had the virus for a while without noticing, as China did. and 

by the time they acted they were already largely immune. See my article, in which I stupidly neglect to mention Japan:

 https://unlockthelockdown.com/why-are-countries-close-to-china-doing-so-well/

Also, I found this on an epidemiologist's FB page, from Alexandre Barthélémy in Argentina, suggesting that lockdowns basically do 

not work:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2356665886/?epa=SEARCH_BOX 

The other part of the equation is why NY is so bad. Their hospital admissions chart is almost a perfect Normal Distribution Curve, which 

seems to peak on around 4th April. Does look like the virus went through with nothing in its way!

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page  

Also interesting, a report from New York Post, in which an ER doctor says the peak was quite obvious in the Emergency Room on April 7th. 

A nice confirmation. He says it's now time to end the NY lockdown:

https://nypost.com/2020/04/27/ive-worked-the-coronavirus-front-line-and-i-say-its-time-to-start-opening-up/  

Then there's Senator Jensen, Minnesota Senate, who talks of payments of $39,000 for Covid patients put on ventilators. The indications 

are that most such patients died. Does anyone have an good info on payments to institutions for various medical issues?

https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-big-lie-senator-jensen-hospitals-receive-13000-for-a-covid-19-diagnosis-39000-for-treatment-with-a-ventilator/5710960  

I think everyone is struggling a bit with the NY situation. One wag put it down to the virus being hungry for publicity, and the Big Apple is the place to make Big News.