
English: 
Hey everybody, Dr. Z.
Okay, I came here for this
live broadcast back today
because so many people are
talking about this CDC data
that just came, well, was just tweeted out
by the president and then removed
by Twitter for being fake information.
And it has led to a storm
of misunderstandings
about what this data means,
and worse yet, we're
really getting to a point
where we're just absolutely
becoming scientifically illiterate.
So, what I wanna do is quickly explain
what's going on, so you
can make your own decisions
about what you think about this.
All right, here's the deal.
What happened was, CDC
released death certificate data
for about 160,000 deaths
that included COVID-19
on their death certificates.
Now, any medical
professional who fills out
death certificates, understands
kinda how it's done.
You list the main cause of death
and then anything that contributes.
And so, the certificate can
have multiple things on it.

English: 
Hey everybody, Dr. Z. Okay, I came here for this live broadcast back today because so many people are
talking about the CDC data that just came, well, was just tweeted out by the President, and then
removed by Twitter for being fake information. And it has led to a storm of misunderstandings
about what this data means.
And worse yet, we're really getting to a point where we're just
absolutely becoming scientifically illiterate so what I want to do is quickly explain what's going on
so you can make your own decisions about what you think about this, alright? Here's the deal.
What happened was CDC released death certificate data for about 160,000 deaths that
included COVID-19 on their death certificates. Now, any medical professional who fills out death certificates
understands kind of how it's done. You list the main cause of death and anything else that contributes,

English: 
So the certificate can have multiple things on it. You can have things that were pre-existing like diabetes,
high blood pressure, obesity, and then you can have the main disease like, say, COVID-19, and then you can have
things that the COVID-19 might have led to in the visit, like
respiratory failure, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, heart failure,
adult respiratory distress syndrome, and you
list all those things on the document. Now here's what happened.
What CDC did was they put all this out and they said listen: 6%
of all the fatalities that listed COVID-19 somewhere
had ONLY COVID-19 on the death certificate.
Meaning they didn't list anything else. Ok?
And the way that was interpreted by people online
who have a particular agenda, they
don't agree with the way this is being handled, they think the lockdown is too severe, they think that this thing is a
hoax, whatever it is.
The way it was interpreted is they said, "well,"

English: 
You can have things that were
preexisting like diabetes,
high blood pressure, obesity,
and then you can have the main disease,
like say, it's COVID-19,
and then you can have
things that the COVID-19
might have led to in the visit,
like respiratory failure,
respiratory arrest, cardiac
arrest, heart failure,
adult respiratory distress syndrome,
and you list all those
things on the document.
Now, here's what happened.
What CDC did was, they put
all this out and they said,
listen, 6% of all the fatalities
that listed COVID-19 somewhere
had only COVID-19 on
the death certificate,
meaning they didn't list anything else.
And the way that was
interpreted by people online,
who have a particular agenda,
they don't agree with the
way this is being handled,
they think that the
lockdowns are too severe,
they think this thing is
a hoax, whatever it is,
the way it was interpreted is they said,

English: 
"this is crazy, it means that people have all these other medical problems that are listed on the death certificate"
"they are dying of those, and it just so happens they also have COVID."
"So they're dying WITH COVID instead of OF COVID,"
"and that 6% is the true death rate, 6% of 160,000 or whatever that is."
"So it's vastly smaller, much less serious, why are we doing all this, it's a hoax, and the CDC admits it in their
data." Just stop for a second.
I don't care what your politics are.
If you disagree with what's happening and lockdowns are bad and masks are dumb and all that, look
I am actually sympathetic to you.
But what I'm not sympathetic to is misunderstanding
the science in the simplest form.
Anybody
who put that information out there saying "LOOK,"
needs to be understood as a completely uncredible source of anything having to do with medicine ever.

English: 
well, this is crazy.
It means that people have all
these other medical problems
that are listed on the death certificate.
They're dying of those,
and it just so happens,
they also have COVID.
So, they're dying with
COVID, instead of, of COVID.
And that 6% is the true death rate,
6% of 160,000, or whatever that is.
So, it's vastly smaller,
much less serious.
Why are we doing all this?
It's a hoax and the CDC
admits it in their data.
Just stop for a second.
I don't care what your politics are.
I don't think if you disagree
with what's happening
and lockdowns are bad and
master damn, and all that,
look, I actually am sympathetic to you.
But what I'm not sympathetic to,
is misunderstanding the
science in the simplest form.
Anybody who put that
information out there saying,
look, needs to be understood
as a completely uncredible
source of anything having
to do with medicine ever.

English: 
And this is why.
6% of the death certificates said COVID and that's it.
That could mean that the people filling out the death certificates weren't complete, they didn't put all the other
stuff, or COVID-19 was the only thing they had and there were no other co-morbidities,
other diseases the person had,
and they truly died purely of COVID. That's a real tragedy because
we don't typically see that unless you are quite old, which was the majority of deaths, by the way,
older people.
Alright, great.
Next, what about all these other things? Well,
just because you have diabetes
and hypertension doesn't mean those killed you and you also had COVID.
The opposite is most likely true because we know this from the basic physiology of how COVID works.
It tends to affect people who already have
other diseases like diabetes, hypertension, obesity, lung disease, immune-compromised, cancer, things like that,
and those people are particularly vulnerable to the effects, and they tend to die

English: 
And this is why,
6% of the death certificates said,
COVID, and that's it.
Now, that could mean that
the people filling out
the death certificates weren't complete,
they didn't put all the other stuff,
or COVID-19 was the only thing they had
and there were no other comorbidities,
other diseases that the person had
and they truly died purely of COVID.
And that's a real tragedy
because we don't typically see
that unless you're quite old,
which was the majority of
deaths, by the way, older people.
Alright, great, next.
What about all these other things?
Well, just because you have
diabetes and hypertension
doesn't mean those killed
you and you also had COVID,
the opposite is most likely true
because we know this
from the basic physiology
of how COVID works.
It tends to affect people who
already have other diseases
like diabetes, hypertension,
obesity, lung disease,
immune compromise,
cancer, things like that.
And those people are particularly
vulnerable to the effects
and they tend to die of the COVID
because of their comorbidities,

English: 
not with COVID and dying
of the comorbidities.
So, that's already one distortion of this.
These are comorbidities that allow COVID
to kill you, in most cases.
Now, in some cases,
absolutely people were dying
of something else, accidents,
if it's listed as an accident
or something like that.
Yeah, you died of the accident
and you also tested positive for COVID.
That's means the tests are very sensitive.
You were asymptomatic or whatever,
and you died of something else.
That's a small percentage of the people,
but here's the worst part of it. (giggles)
Some of these comorbidities,
were things like adult
respiratory distress syndrome,
respiratory failure,
pneumonia, cardiac arrest.
And so, the people would have you believe,
oh, yeah, they died of
those things, not the COVID.
Ding-dong!
That's what the COVID causes.
That's why it's listed
on the death certificate,

English: 
OF the COVID because of their co-morbidities, not
WITH COVID and dying of the co-morbidities.
So, that's already one distortion of this.
These are co-morbidities
that allow COVID to kill you in most cases. Now,
in some cases absolutely. People were dying of something else: accidents if it's listed as an accident
or something like that,
yeah, you died of the accident, and you also tested positive for COVID.
That means that the tests are very sensitive, you were asymptomatic or whatever
and you died of something else. That's a small percentage of the people, but here's the worst part of it.
Some of these co-morbidities
were things like:
adult respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory failure, pneumonia, cardiac arrest.
And so the people would have you believe oh yeah, they died of those things, not the COVID.
Ding dong, that's what the COVID causes,

English: 
because you had COVID and it
led to respiratory distress,
adult respiratory distress
syndrome, respiratory failure,
cardiac arrest and death.
That's often how we fill out
those death certificates.
You list the major contributors
to the demise of the patient.
So, and if you don't believe
that, if you still think,
ah, no, this stuff is falsified,
people are just putting COVID
on the death certificates.
look at the overall excess
death rate in the country.
And I did a video on this already.
The number of people that are
dying overall of any cause,
versus the number you expect to die,
based on previous years,
at the same time of year,
we have a huge excess
mortality that actually exceeds
the number of documented COVID-19 cases.
Which means either we're
under counting COVID
or there's other things
due to our lockdowns
that are actually costing lives.
Which brings me to this, here's the thing.
This has become so politicized,
and this is what I wanna say to people
who want to believe this data

English: 
that's what's listed on the death certificate. Because you had COVID and it led to respiratory distress,
adult respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, and death.
That's often how we fill out those death certificates. You list out the major contributors
to the demise of the patient.
So...
And if you don't believe that and you still think "ahhh no."
"This stuff is falsified, people are just putting COVID on the death certificates."
look at the overall excess death rate in the country and I did a video on this already.
The number of people that are dying overall of any cause
vs. the number you expect to die based on previous years at the same time of year.
We have a huge excess mortality that actually EXCEEDS the number of documented COVID-19 cases.
Which means we're either undercounting COVID or
there are other things due to our lockdowns that are costing lives, right?
Which brings me to this.
Here's the thing.
This has become so politicized, and this is what I want to say to people who want to believe this data means

English: 
means that we're over counting stuff,
you don't need to believe
that to still feel
that the response is
worse than the disease,
that the number of deaths did not justify
what we've done to the country,
in terms of lockdowns,
changing our freedoms,
destroying our cultural fabric,
increasing substance abuse,
alcoholism, a lost generation,
who's not getting educated,
mostly poor people.
The economic destruction
that's destroying businesses
that'll never be the back.
You can still argue those
things based on those principles
without lying and distorting
data, you don't need to.
You have enough of a leg to stand on,
to have a civil debate,
but we don't do that,
we politicize everything,
and the worst part of it
is, what does Twitter do,
they delete the tweet and
say, it's misinformation.
Good going.

English: 
that we're overcounting stuff:
you DON'T NEED
to believe that to still
feel that the response is worse than the disease,
that the number of deaths didn't justify what we've done to the country in terms of lockdowns,
changing our freedoms, destroying our cultural fabric, increasing substance abuse, alcoholism,
a lost generation who's not getting educated,
mostly poor people,
the economic destruction that's destroying businesses that will never be back; you can still argue those things
based on those principles without lying and destroying data.
You don't need to.
You have enough of a leg to stand on to have a civil debate,
but we don't do that. We politicize everything and the worst part of it is, what does Twitter do?
They delete the tweet and say it's misinformation.
Good going.

English: 
You think then,
the people who thought it was true, are going to think it's less true because Twitter censored it?
Let the tweet be out there. If the president wants to retweet it, let him retweet it and then let everybody go
"well, this is what is actually going on."
That's how you have a dialogue.
You don't ban the tweet.
It's insane you guys, we've gotten to the point here where I had to drive in and do this because I knew if I
waited another second I was just going to get a thousand messages
"hey man, have you seen the 6% CDC data?"
Yeah man, I saw it.
Did you actually look at the data?
Did you look at the actual chart, because if you did, if you have any word in medicine, you'd be like
"oh, yeah. that's not what they think it is."
It's what I said.
Alright, guys?
So...
this is my.. I'm begging to you:
let's do the science right, let's understand the science right. There's a lot of science that's great and we can
argue back and forth, and good people will argue on all sides of the political spectrum.

English: 
You think then that the
people who thought it was true
are gonna think it's less true
because Twitter censored it?
Let the tweet be out there.
If the president wants to
retweet it, let him retweet it,
and then let everybody go,
well, this is actually what's going on.
That's how you have a dialogue,
you don't ban the tweet.
It's insane, you guys,
we've gotten to a point
here where I had drive
in to do this because I knew
if I waited another second,
I was just gonna get a thousand messages,
hey man, have you seen the 6% CDC data?
Yeah, man, I saw it.
Did you actually look at the data?
Did you look at the actual chart?
'Cause if you did,
if you're anywhere in
medicine, you'd be like,
oh, yeah, that's not
what they think it is,
it's what I said.
All right guys.
So, I'm begging to you,
let's do the science right.
Let's understand the science right.
There's a lot of science that's gray,
and we can argue back and forth
and good people will argue
on all sides of the political spectrum.
Good people on all sides
of the political spectrum

English: 
Good people on all sides of the political spectrum can argue how we take care of this problem,
how we address it.
If it's an iceberg and the tip of it is the deaths,
you can argue the rest of the iceberg is important too! That's fine, make that argument!
Don't misrepresent data and make yourself
and your opinions look stupid. Because that's what it does.
It really riles me up because this is
simple, simple, simple science.
It's not that complicated and we're a slave to social media, what they're feeing us.
All of this, we need to start to think critically
using the skillsets we can easily develop with a little bit of training. Alright guys?
I love you, please share this video,
don't put a political spin on it. Just share it and go
"here's a way to think about this critically, no matter what side of the political aisle you're on."
I love you guys.
Have a great rest of the Sunday and we are out.
PEACE.

English: 
can argue about how we
take care of this problem,
how we address it.
If it's an iceberg and the
tip of it is the deaths,
you can argue that the rest of
the iceberg is important too.
That's fine, make that argument.
Don't misrepresent data and make yourself
and your opinions look stupid,
because that's what it does.
It really riles me up
because this is simple,
simple, simple science,
it's not that complicated.
And we're slave to social media,
what they're feeding us, all of this,
we need to start to think
critically using the skillsets
that we can easily develop
with a little bit of training.
All right, guys, I love you.
Please share this video.
Don't put a political spin on it.
Just share it and go,
here's a way to think
about this critically,
no matter what side of the
political aisle you're on.
I love you guys, have a
great rest of the Sunday,
and we are out, peace.
