Statistician Decries ‘Incongruence’ Around Official COVID-19 Data at National Citizen’s Inquiry

A nurse at Three Rivers Asante Medical Center runs to a room in the Intensive Care Unit to help as medical staff treat a COVID-19 patient in Grants Pass, Ore., on Sept. 9, 2021. Nathan Howard/Getty Images

On the first day of the National Citizen’s Inquiry’s (NCI) stop in British Columbia, a statistician said that based on data from the province, COVID-19 was shown to be no more dangerous than the flu.

“With the number of people who died within the median age of death, it’s very unlikely that none of them had comorbidities,” William Munroe testified on Tuesday. “COVID-19 itself can be seen as more of an irritant at the end of life rather than life-threatening. Influenza, it can kill young and old. It’s no comparison.”