The Middle Layer Super Output Area in which I live as of the 2011 census had in round numbers 2,400 households and 5,800 population.
For this area there have been only 2 deaths recorded from March to December due to COVID-19, 1 in March and 1 in December (this is actually pretty low, some similar-sized areas are in double figures, but the point stands).
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The most prominent COVID denier amongst my acquaintances cites this as an indication of how dangerous COVID isn't.
In a way it's reassuring and it explains why I am not living in abject fear, but I think the issue with deniers is that they can't see beyond the statistical danger to themselves and then they extrapolate this to "it's not dangerous" when the threat is much broader, e.g.to the healthcare system and to society as a whole. They are also disregarding the possibility that, without the precautions they decry, the deaths would be much higher.
I think I am reasonably sceptical which to me means always leaving room for uncertainty. Deniers always say they are sceptical, when what they really mean is disbelieving - and narrow, rather than broad, in their thinking.
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