More minimising fun with numbers, this time the ABC. Look, Australia is doing well! We’re killing relatively…

More minimising fun with numbers, this time the ABC. Look, Australia is doing well! We’re killing relatively far fewer than the pandemic bloodbath overseas! Maths and language are the biggest weapons of this pandemic. Have a look at this next Tweet. /1 #auspol #covid19aus https://t.co/DnAk7Fg6fT

Thanks as always to @KarenCutter4 and the actuaries for cutting through the spin. This is us, relative to us. All through the ‘lockdown’ part of the pandemic (where we weren’t locked down for most of the time, we were just controlling the virus), we were the healthiest…/2 https://t.co/GREIjaBwSV

…we’ve been in generations. Excess deaths plummeted below historical averages. Then from late 2021, when Covid was allowed to let rip, we’ve been the unhealthiest we’ve been in generations. Excess deaths soaring. Those who use relativities to minimise Covid are living off…/3 https://t.co/lyIyvBJOmF

…the fat of the lockdowns (really public health controls) they despised. /end