William De Berg [Author’s note: This article has been updated due to revision of some data and inclusion of newer data. Plus an updated graph has been substituted 2 May 2021.] Many have argued since its inception that COVID-19 was not the pandemic that governments and medical establishments and the media have led us to believe. The COVID-19 outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in early March—still the best controlled COVID-19 data—was the first telling sign: over 3000 passengers tested, 712 found COVID virus positive, 13 died. The case-fatality…