First a fact then on to some conjecture.
Mike and others, vaccines do not kill viruses. They help people's immune systems kill the virus. Like guns, PEOPLE kill viruses (with their immune systems or disinfectants), not vaccines. Typing that makes me realize that I guess it is scary that some people of lower-than-average intelligence (not you or anyone here to be clear, you're on this forum after all) might consider drinking bleach, although that's more a problem for the audience than a speaker that didn't exactly say that.
Second, mostly fact that can be documented but too lazy to cite here, many deaths are being labeled as COVID, even though it wasn't certain. I suspect it's because healthcare facilities in the US at least are paid more for a COVID patient than others (because we as a country want to provide the monetary resources to address this), and also because why waste a precious resource (test) on a dead person. So, I doubt many serious people believe that every healthcare facility is in on some conspiracy to inflate COVID deaths. But they might unknowingly be getting paid to do so. Or, it's a well-intended policy with these consequences.
Wondering what's all really going on here, the most plausible explanation to me is that this virus was engineered or developed with a heavy human touch (probably a distinction without a difference for most of us). It somehow got loose, intentionally, carelessly, or purely accidentally. Doesn't matter at the moment but will for future geopolitical responses. It soon became evident that there are "pieces" of HIV in it. Scary.
So, intelligence agencies and governments (particularly in the West) get very concerned about this and get health experts involved. These health experts want to save lives and stop the pandemic so they recommend shutdowns. But they don't have maybe some combination of the education, training and/or mindset to consider the whole of the shutdown actions. They're very smart in their fields and they want to save lives and that's their job. Someone else's job was to say "but what about everything else" and that viewpoint "lost".
So here we are. I don't think anyone is saying the virus is a hoax. Some might say the response is a hoax. I'm starting to think the West may have been duped into their response. Does the CCP really allow videos to be released that show people collapsing in the streets? Spraying offices with teams of hazmat guys and streets with giant trucks using some type of presumably disinfectant solution? Information is "leaked" intentionally all the time. Maybe they wanted us to go into total lockdown.
So, back to some things we know (or that I understand to be facts). Colds are corona viruses. The flu is an influenza virus. We have flu vaccines that show varying levels of success. We've never had a cold vaccine. There are other types of viruses (HIV) for which people have been trying to develop vaccines for years, unsuccessfully. This may be one of those viruses.
I like science. Ultimately it shines light on and shows us The Truth, but science isn't settled immediately and smart scientists disagree for years. And we also aren't even being told consistent information from "scientists" and "experts". For example, in the US, first we shouldn't buy masks (no doubt to prevent hoarding). Now we should all wrap T-Shirt around our face and call it a mask. I've seen people knitting masks and others saying - can I buy one? Dumb. We also heard from the WHO that asymptomatic spread could be significant and if so, I agree that's a problem. Later, an official from the WHO downplayed that, only to have the WHO say, something like 'not so fast, it could still be a problem'. So which is it? I still have a printout from the CDC showi from I think 2014 that says Ebola could be airborne. WTF?? You won't find that anymore, and I searched for a retraction but no amount of searching kung-fu could find a retraction or the original.
I hear helicopters and these red dots are distracting me and someone's knocking at my door. Talk to you guys later...
