I actually think its the opposite to this. Many countries are under reporting cases and deaths or not testing enough to know the full extent of how spread the virus is. Hard because many people have the virus without any symptoms (which are probably not seen or tested), but can then pass on the virus without even knowing! Some countries have a testing rate of lower than 1% - cant see how they are supposed to know the extent of this virus with that small number!

On top of this, some countries are only reporting deaths from Covid that occur in the hospital, meaning that the death rate could be much higher. Some places are even falsely classifying some deaths as the common flu or pneumonia as a way to make it look better than it is. There has even been reports in the media (unconfirmed) that countries have developed mass graves - what does that say about the death rate...

Great piece and I can see it from your side, but there are two sides to every story and it depends where you look for your answer. There is alot of confirmation bias with Covid - if you want to believe something then you will find someone or something out there who agrees with you.
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