Lest we forget, or didn’t know:  In Italy, back in late May, there was—as there is now—an off-script observation on the actual COVID-19 death rate, followed by some corrective “fact-checking.” Then as now, the “fact-checking” was beside the point, which was (and is) that, whatever the actual number of those killed by COVID-19, the advanced age and serious comorbidities … Continue reading CDC update, followed by an Oceanic wave of “fact-checking,” is a replay of what happened in Italy three months ago