Compared to drugs, COVID a 'boutique' concern.

Vincent J. Curtis

26 Nov 20

RE: Five people die every day from drugs in B.C.  Canadian Press report of today.

It’s a tale of two stats.  The B.C. Coroners Service reported that in October 162 people died of overdoses of toxic, illicit drugs, and that on average five people die every day in B.C. from that cause.  A bit of math indicates that since March 15, 1280 people have died of drug overdoses in B.C.

By contrast, over that same period only 371 people have died from COVID-19 in B.C.

Just for laughs, let’s attribute half of the drug overdose deaths to normal, background noise of deaths.  That still leaves 640 deaths in excess, nearly twice as many deaths as from COVID.  Nearly twice as many deaths from this one cause alone originating in the lockdown and social isolation, than from the pandemic.  The cure, by this one measure alone, has been nearly twice as deadly as the pandemic it was saving us from.

B.C. is freaking out over an upsurge in “cases.”  They’re afraid those cases will translate into an overloading of the “system.”  At least those dying of overdose have the decency not to clog up the system, and so the boutique concerns about COVID can hold center stage.

Next time you watch the authorities gush piusly about COVID and express their disappointment that some of us aren’t similarly inclined, remember that their cure is causing at least twice as many deaths as the pandemic they’re saving us from.

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