Covid-19 deaths fell to zero in Scotland at the start of July 2020, and they remained at this low rate except for the odd couple until October, at which point they began to steadily rise again. But the difference between July 2020 and now is that in July 2020 an experimental Covid-19 vaccine had not been rolled out to the vast majority of the country to allegedly protect them against the disease.
Which suggests what actually occurred during 2020 is what has naturally occurred every year in respect of respiratory viruses – seasonality.
The seasonal cycle of respiratory viral diseases has been widely recognised for thousands of years, as annual epidemics of the common cold and influenza disease hit the human population like clockwork in the winter season.
The two major contributing factors are the changes in environmental parameters and human behaviour. Studies have revealed the effect of temperature and humidity on respiratory virus stability and transmission rates. More recent research highlights the importance of the environmental factors, especially temperature and humidity, in modulating host intrinsic, innate, and adaptive immune responses to viral infections in the respiratory tract.
You would have thought that with both seasonality and the Covid-19 vaccines in use this time around that Covid-19 would currently be a thing of the past. Except it isn’t, as you can see from the graph below which shows Covid-19 deaths are actually rising in Scotland in the middle of Summer despite 80% of all people eligible to have the jab in Scotland having had at least one dose and 75% being fully vaccinated.
If the Covid-19 vaccines were working then surely you would expect the majority of those deaths to be the unvaccinated? Especially with it being the middle of Summer and seasonality being at play. But it isn’t.
Data taken from Public Health Scotland’s Covid-19 Statistical report shows that between the 29th December 2020 through to the 22nd July 2021 there had been 3,052 alleged Covid-19 deaths in which people were not vaccinated, 270 alleged Covid-19 deaths where people had had a single dose of the jab, and 140 deaths where people were fully vaccinated.