COVID HYPE 2.0 : NAE TRUER DEAD SCOTSMAN

A REALCLIMATE READER HAS EXPRESSED INDIGNATION AT A  RECENT OPINION POLL ON POPULAR PERCEPTIONS OF COVID CASE AND  DEATH NUMBERS   BECAUSE THEY  WERE REPORTED IN THE SPECTATOR, WHICH   HE DERIDES AS "STUPID"

I BEG TO REMIND HIM THAT HIS POLITICAL OPINION OF THAT JOURNAL, WHICH NUMBERS BORIS JOHNSON AMONG ITS RECENT EDITORS AND HAS PUBLISHED 10,012 ISSUES SINCE 1828, HAS NO BEARING ON THE STATISTICS IT REPORTS, OR CONCLUSIONS  DRAWN  FROM THEM, WITNESS THE  PRIMARY SOURCE NAMED IN MY LINK:

HERE ARE THOSE RESULTS ENLARGED FOR LEGIBILITY:

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