I live and provide emergency care in rural place that several times was reported to have the worst rates and case fatality rates in the country. Virtually every patient I see and community member I know had at least one first-degree family member die OF COVID, and many more if you include cousins / aunts / uncles.
In contrast, my parents and family live in a place not far away that had something like 5% of the case-fatality rate we experienced here. I don't think my parents know a single person who personally died of COVID, whereas I had 6? or so coworkers (not other physicians -- several hospital housekeepers sadly) pass away.
I can see quite clearly why there is so much controversy about this disease (or at least one of the reasons) -- because it's just affected different populations very differently.
We act as if each other is talking about an entirely different disease, and we may as well be.
> I'm sorry but I don't believe you.
Then I suppose it's not worth having further conversation. Best of luck to you.