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The trouble is, the mortality rate is highly dependent on the degree to which health services are overwhelmed, because the health services are playing such a cr
by jlokier 7y ago
The trouble is, the mortality rate is highly dependent on the degree to which health services are overwhelmed, because the health services are playing such a critical role in keeping people alive for a few weeks until they get better.
To the extent that mortality rate may depend more on transmission rate, health service dynamics and availability of people and equipment than on the disease itself.
This is very different from the mortality rate in a non-pandemic situation.
- ritchiea 7y agoMortality rate has also shown to be highly dependent on comorbidity which varies country to country. Presumably a county where residents have easy, affordable access to health care will be healthier on average and have fewer comorbidity concerns that will lead to death from Covid19. Just speculating but perhaps this is one of the things going on in Germany? Germany has a much lower Covid19 mortality rate than other countries.