[arcticbull]

> Finally, you are making a giant but unfortunately common logical error in using these already questionable death counts to make the case for an overreaction without attending to the obvious fact that without this "overreaction" every town, village and city on Earth would be Bergamo, where army lorries are conscripted to transport the dead from overwhelmed mortuaries, or worse.

Italy has the highest average age in Europe, and we know the virus is about 100X worse for people over 65 than it is for a 20 year old. Lombardy is the oldest region in the oldest country in Europe. The average age of the dead in Italy is 80.5 and has 3 underlying medical conditions. That's why it's so high there. I specifically called that out in the [EDIT].

I'd suggest doing some more reading.

The demographics in Gangelt skew older too, but otherwise they appear thoroughly average, and a totally reasonable representative sample. Especially as you yourself call out they were "particularly hard hit."

[camelite]

You don't see me claiming that the global death rate is 10% though, do you?