In Covid: Why most of what you know is wrong Sebastian Rushworth examines some of the most central questions about the Covid-19 pandemic. He demonstrates that Covid-19 is nowhere near as bad as it is portrayed by the mainstream media. He shows that the mortality rate is below 0.2%, i.e. that for most people the risk of dying if infected is less than 1 in 500 (less than 1 in 3,000 if you're below 70). The disease preferentially strikes people who are anyway very close to the end of life, so the amount of lifetime lost when someone dies of the disease is usually tiny. Moreover, he points out that the measures taken to fight Covid, such as the lockdowns, the huge fear campaigns and the school closures, will result in far more years of life lost than will be lost due to the virus. Book jacket.