To answer Greg's question: Is the data real?
Short answer: NO.
The people who provide the data will make up anything that is in their interest to say. Typically, there will be a powerful entity telling them what to say.
I published a blog post yesterday https://steemit.com/politics/@leroydiener/coronavirus-covid-19-politicians-don-t-care-at-all which addresses this very topic.
Consider how the progression of the COVID stats paralells the projections from Event 201.