CNN Doubles Down on Claim All ‘Excess Deaths’ Must Be from Covid

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GUPTA: "I think almost assuredly. I mean, you know, when you look at excess deaths and these are -- these are very high excess deaths, I mean, 25 to 44 year olds was the age range there. And just as you said, I mean, these are some of the deadliest months for this particular age group in the United States in history. What else happened this year besides Coronavirus? I mean, they will look deeper into this data but almost assuredly it’s Covid and almost assuredly it’s because even though people like Scott Atlas and others said we are not pursuing herd immunity, the policies and the things that were being recommended basically were herd immunity. Frankly it was maddening because, you know, you could see it actually happening and then every time you asked people about it at the senior level such as Scott Atlas they’d say, no, we’re not doing that. Every -- every policy they were sort of recommending was taking us in that direction. So it was a terrible idea. I read those emails from HHS, they also said things like so the bottom line is if it’s more infectious the issue is who cares. I mean, this is from — this is from a senior person at HHS over the summer. It’s really — you know, we can look in the rearview mirror and sometimes I think it’s important because we are paying the price for some of those strategies. One thing I wanted to bring up as well because people often ask about Sweden and they say, well, Sweden adopted herd immunity and -- and they’re doing fine, right? They never really locked down, they’re doing fine. A couple things you should know is that Sweden is in a tough place right now. First of all, take a look at this graphic, compare it to neighboring similar countries such as Denmark and Norway. It’s a tough spot. It’s a small country, 99 percent of their ICU beds are full right now. The health minister said this, quote, 'We are currently in a serious situation and we need help.' They’re asking for help, for more resources in terms of manpower, trying to create more bed space. I bring this up, again, just so reinforce what we have been saying all along. Herd immunity is a terrible strategy. It is true younger people are less likely to get sick, although they can and they can die as you just pointed out, and it’s impossible to bubble off the vulnerable people in a society. The elderly, the people with preexisting conditions. You’re starting to talk about over 100 million people. You can’t do it. And that’s what public health officials have said all along. We should not adopt this strategy going forward. We shouldn’t have adopted it in the past."