COVID-19 analysis – Part 1 – death statistics for Canada – comparing COVID-19
When I wrote my federal and Ontario representatives in addition to cabinet ministers, this article (https://canadianliberty.com/charter-and-economic-objections-to-covid-19-policies-improved-from-last-post/) is what I wrote to them, arguing against these totalitarian lock-down policies based on how they are economically destructive and how they are violations of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I quoted extensively from the Charter and I made a connection between the Charter supporting the right to be able to make a living and survive.
I also argued that these measures were unprecedented, and out of proportion to the reality of the illness, that people had other very important crises in their own lives contrary to this ongoing monomaniacal and abusive message being perpetrated via the media.
In arguing this point, I cited death statistics for Canada from earlier years and I wanted to include that section here as a starting point:
. . . Look at the official statistics for this virus (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html).As of March 24, this page indicates that there are are 1,959 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Canada and 27 deaths. Of that total, there are 588 cases and 8 deaths in the province of Ontario. [As of March 24]
The domestic response to this virus is therefore out of proportion to its impact by comparison to other causes of death in Canada. For 2008, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/migration/phac-aspc/publicat/lcd-pcd97/pdf/lcd-pcd-t1-eng.pdf):
For all ages, total deaths: 238,612 from all causes. These included 71,948 from cancer, 69,945 deaths from circulatory system diseases, 20,728 deaths from respiratory system diseases, 12,018 deaths from nervous system diseases, 11,535 deaths from mental disorders, 10,234 deaths from unintentional injuries, 10,053 deaths from endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, 9,769 deaths from digestive system diseases, 5,289 deaths from genitourinary diseases, 4,704 deaths from infectious & parasitic diseases.
Deaths from suicide in 2017 is 11.7 per 100,000 (https://www.statista.com/statistics/434539/death-rate-for-suicide-in-canada/). Based on the population being 35,151,728 in 2016 (https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/12-581-x/2017000/pop-eng.htm), that means there were about 4,100 suicides in 2017.
The death rate for meningitis is about 0.2 per 100,000 which calculates out to about 70 deaths total in 2017 (https://www.statista.com/statistics/434424/death-rate-for-meningitis-in-canada/).
The death rate for “influenze and pneumonia” (these are combined) in 2017 was 20 deaths per 100,000 (https://www.statista.com/statistics/434445/death-rate-for-influenza-and-pneumonia-in-canada/) which comes out to a total of over 7000 deaths.
“Cancer remains the leading cause of death in Canada. Nearly 1 in 2 Canadians will develop cancer in their lifetime and about 1 in 4 will die from cancer.
“In 2019, an estimated 220 400 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer and 82 100 will die from cancer.”
Think of all the Canadians who are dying from cancer while the government and media and corporations focus on coronavirus.
Considering these death statistics, consider the effects of inadequate or zero income on nutrition and medical treatment. What are the psychological effects of social distancing on personal happiness and on reproductive fertility? What effect is there going to be on suicide rates? What level of emotional distress is caused by the fear of the virus, the lack of income and the feelings of helplessness that are likely to result? What happens when people can’t afford gas or car maintenance? . . .
That was from my argument that week. And you can read the whole thing here
Now I’m just going to use those numbers to calculate or estimate numbers that might give us an idea of what the typical or “normal” daily death count is in Canada, at least for 2008 if not 2017 or 2019 (if the population has increased then the numbers are likely higher). I think this will give us just an idea of what Canadians are actually really going through in their lives constantly with either themselves or family members (elderly or otherwise). And this is just estimating deaths–statistics can be found on serious illnesses also. If someone wants to provide more up to date numbers or correct any specifics, please do. The following are not the actual numbers, just estimates based on this data from other years:
Based on the 2008 death statistics cited above for Canada and dividing by 365:
All causes: 238,612 / year. That means 654 deaths per day. (More recent)
Cancer: 71,948 / year => 197 / day
Circulatory system diseases: 69,945 / year 192 / day
Respiratory system diseases: : 20,728 / year 57 / day
Nervous system diseases: 12,018 / year 33 / day
Mental disorders–surprising–11,535 / year 32 / day
Unintentional injuries: 10,234 / year 28 / day
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases: 10,053 / year 28 / day
Digestive system diseases: 9,769 / year 27 / day
Genitourinary diseases: 5,289 / year 14 / day
Infectious & parasitic diseases: 4,704 / year 13 / day
(The above were the leading causes of death for 2008).
For 2017, from a different source cited earlier and based on the 2016 population number explained above
Suicides: 4,100 in 2017 => 11 per day
Meningitis: 70 in 2017 => 0.2 per day
“Influenza and pneumonia”: 7000 in 2017 => 19 per day
The more recent cancer estimates for 2019 I cited earlier
Cancer: 82,100 in 2019 => 225 / day (compare 197 / day for 2008)
One question I would ask is, if there is all this focus on corona infections is about concern for the lives of the elderly and more vulnerable, why aren’t there more resources being put into preventing deaths from the illnesses or other causes mentioned above or in researching their causes and publishing more accurate information about how to prevent these conditions?
Nobody is going to live forever, but there should be better ways to treat illnesses in the elderly and make their lives more comfortable without the systematic euthanasia policy recently put in place that is expanding. And that’s another subject I think individual Canadians need to get their head around properly from the ground up very soon if they haven’t already.
And how on earth is anyone going to fund research or publish better information or care for patients at all if there is no economy to allow us to pay for these things?
According to a government report (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/medical-assistance-dying-interim-report-april-2019.html) on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) policy (enacted June 2016):
MAID deaths in 2017: 875 + 1086 = 1,961 / year or 5 / day
MAID deaths in 2018: 2,614 from Jan-Oct only, not including Quebec, NWT, YK, NU). That means there were many more if Quebec was left out, and they only counted the first 10 months of the year (304 days), so there more than 2,616 deaths in 304 days, which is about 9 deaths/day at least.
So the number of MAID deaths increased from 2017 to 2018. So much for “progress.”
How does the medically assisted suicide regime show concern for the lives of the elderly or anyone?
So, the following numbers are from the official Canadian government COVID-19 virus statistics as of today (April 5, 2020):
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html
Cases in Canada: 15,512
Cases in the province of Ontario: 4,038
Their test results as of today:
Total number of patients tested in Canada: 323,297
Total positive 15,262
Total negative 306,350
Those who tested positive who were tested are 15262/323297 or 4.7% or about 5 in 100. So, the tests are negative for 95 in 100 who were tested.
From this page, there is a link showing the Deaths in Canada attributed to COVID-19:
https://phac-aspc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/e968bf79f4694b5ab290205e05cfcda6
As of April 5, 2020, this interactive chart seems behind the main page in the number of total cases, but it shows the total death count for Canada as 258 deaths attributed to COVID-19. In Ontario it claims there are 119 deaths attributed to COVID-19 out of 4,019 cases (so the chart is behind with that information also).
If we start at March 9, which the media reported as the first reported coronavirus death in Canada, that amounts to 258 deaths over 28 days, which is 9 per day since it began on average.
The “New Deaths” chart in the graphic shows these deaths day by day:
March 20: 12
21: 6
22:
23: 4
24: 3
25: 8
26: 4
27: 14
28: 6
29: 2
30: 28
31: 7
April 1: 13
2: 29
3: 49
4: 44
5: 49
There is a noticeable increase in the reported numbers in the last few days.
But I think that everyone should compare the numbers I mentioned above for causes of death in Canada and think about what is really going on in peoples’ lives and compare it to what is being emphasized by government and media.
The top 3 2008 statistics I mentioned for example:
Cancer: 71,948 / year => 197 / day
Circulatory system diseases: 69,945 / year 192 / day
Respiratory system diseases: : 20,728 / year 57 / day
Note the third category: respiratory system diseases. Might some people who are dying of one kind of illness or another also have the virus in their body or be tested positive for the virus?
The “influenza and pneumonia” statistic for 2017 was 7000 or 19 per day.
The 2019 cancer deaths estimate was 225/day.
So, what is really going on in the lives of Canadians as opposed to what the media tells us should or should not be going on?
In light of those numbers, think about the severe restrictions imposed on public gatherings and how public places and “non-essential businesses” have been closed–such as in the province of Ontario – https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2020/03/ontario-prohibits-gatherings-of-five-people-or-more-with-strict-exceptions.html. Think of the contradictions with these rules, which is probably intentional or impossible to avoid. “Don’t go out” but people have very good reasons to go out. Many workers are considered “essential” and they go out, but there are all these people saying “stay in.” What does that do to people’s minds? I don’t know if private weddings are cancelled but funerals are limited. So churches are shut down–and it’s coming up to Easter. Think about it. Nobody ever thought of shutting down churches before. What has happened to our heads? So many people are repeating absurd programming that demonizes religious people and identifies the apparently atheistic system with rationality and “science.” It’s ridiculous. It’s dumb.
Read George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and read everything you can about reality and stop with the shallow thinking.
People are being kept away from each other because of one specific microbe that has been identified by government and media–and think again about the nature of these policies and what their intention is.
I think we should emphasize that THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE in a nation like Canada. Nobody ever dared do this to people for any other pandemic. Tell the younger people this has never been done before. Everybody is adjusting to this because of conditioning from the media technology they have been attuned to all these years, including the propaganda-laden, often toxic content carried through it, from “news” to entertainment. But there have been countless suspicious “events” over the years since 9/11 especially that some people have dared to question.
And if the shut-down and “stay-home” policies continue, what happens to the economy and these death statistics anyway? Does Statistics Canada have general death statistics that are current? I think the question on the number of deaths (or serious illnesses or causes of death) in Canada is something that people should try to gather their own data on if they haven’t already. And they should watch what happens.
When there are lies going on, there are contradictions. Examining these numbers is a matter of exposing contradictions–and that includes contradictions in beliefs and priorities. I have my point of view already and my interpretation of the world, and that includes the fact that freedom is important to people and being able to touch those they love is important to people. And what they are actually suffering from or dying from should be more important to people rather than what some cartel tells them they should be concerned about. I interpret the numbers through my point of view. And that includes the reality I am aware of that numbers can be falsified or in error, and that information can be manipulated to impose false belief systems and tyranny. It is very disappointing that so many people have invested so much in this, mostly because they have invested so much time and energy in their sources of media news and entertainment. I suspect that many are just keeping quiet and aren’t talking out of fear. So that’s an essential feature of this situation. Fear and intimidation.