Another idiotic (and usually fairly hysterical) listmember posted about this event, which I note is touting that discredited lancet report. The degree to which the self-importance and assumed moral authority of these jerks (not to mention political clout) relies on piles of dead brown people is astounding (it’s almost like a new spin on voting the graveyard). If one pile of dead brown people gets you moral authority and political clout, two piles gets you more clout, etc. The temptation to lie about how many piles of dead brown people there are apparently becomes irresistable, since it’s fairly obvious that the statistical methods applied in the Lancet study are so inappropriate they could only have been used deliberately to ensure that falsely high numbers would be found - an excusable crime because it’s all in service of a good political cause, of course.