First off, only a tiny minority of Trump supporters believe the odd COVID-19 conspiracy theory described in the OP.
Speaking of COVID-19 and the unjustified panic that liberal news outlets continue to stoke, the U.S. COVID-19 case death rate has now dropped to 3.1%, which means the survival rate is 96.9%. Six months ago, 3 weeks after the lockdowns began, the case death rate was at around 5-6%. As of this morning, it is 3.1% (6.03 million cases/183K deaths).
Here is a statistic that we have not looked at yet: the number of COVID-19 deaths and the number of deaths from all causes by age group. These numbers come from the CDC's website:
AGE-----COVID-19 DEATHS-----TOTAL DEATHS
0-1 17 9835
1-4 12 1909
5-14 28 2935
15-24 280 18594
25-34 1257 38503
35-44 3401 54563
45-54 9648 100926
55-64 22665 231983
65-74 39980 351806
75-84 48392 430582
85-99 55710 537185
We see that COVID-19 deaths constitute a very small portion of the total deaths for each age group. Among people aged 0-34, COVID-19 deaths account for only 2.8% of that group's total deaths. Even among the highest-risk age group, 85-99, COVID-19 deaths account for only 11% of that group's total deaths.
We also see that 78% of our COVID-19 deaths have been among people aged 65 and above.
So why are some states talking about resuming or actually resuming some of their senseless one-size-fits-all lockdown measures, especially when recent research shows that people with COVID-19 who have no symptoms are far less likely to transmit the virus than those who have symptoms, and given the fact that about 80% of COVID-19 cases involve no symptoms or only very mild symptoms.
People have been trivializing covid-19 from the beginning and look where it has gotten us. Selfish people who refuse to wear masks or keep social distance (which are measures to protect others) give the virus every opportunity to spread. Not everything is known about the virus but two things are certain by now; (1) it won't go away by itself and (2) it has used and is going to continue to use every opportunity to spread. When 1200 students of one university can get infected in less than two weeks after re-opening, what does that tell you?
None of the traditional methods have worked against this virus, except - as Europe has shown us - at least to some extend lock downs. Herd immunity is no longer a viable option either as there are now people who had covid-19, and recovered, being infected again. You can come up with all sorts of statistics and predictions but nobody knows where this illness is going and how long the pandemic is going to last. America has 4% of the world population, yet it has 25% or more of all the covid-19 cases. That should tell you something, but it probably won't.
Even if the covid-19 death numbers are only a marginal part of the total deaths per month, it nevertheless is a marginal part that could have been avoided, at least to some extend. People will die from accidents, killings, drugs abuse and fatal illnesses all the time. To pretend that covid-19 is just another cause we simply have to live with is a denial of reality.
Republicans have been pushing the idea of accepting the risk that older people may die as long as the econonomy can stay open. It's money over people every time. Those greedy S.O.B.'s don't (want to) understand that even if you lose all your money, you can still make some more, but when you lose your life you will never need money anymore. As no age group is completely immune, it's Russian roulette... No matter what the odds are, are you willing to gamble your own life or that of a loved one to make money?
Not all, but many people are stupid, ignorant and selfish. They only think about themselves and the consequences for them and the virus will use every opportunity that kind of mentality creates. Those people, who trivialize covid-19 are the ones who are keeping the virus active for far longer than it should be.
