The current mortality figures would seem to call into question the continued need for lockdown of the economy, especially considering the severe economic impact it’s having. Is there a sinister influence at work here?

One would think seeing such figures that lower mortality into the range of a severe flu season would lead to questioning about the need for countrywide lockdowns. Time will tell how rapidly this influences things. But keep in mind that the primary purpose of the pandemic to begin with was to cause an economic collapse and then secondarily to reduce the human population. So keeping the lockdowns going feeds the first agenda even though it will reduce mortality to some extent by helping protect people from becoming infected.