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I read that Germany is not testing the dead, so if someone wasn’t tested while alive then their death is attributed elsewhere. Italy is testing the dead to get
by voisin 7y ago
I read that Germany is not testing the dead, so if someone wasn’t tested while alive then their death is attributed elsewhere. Italy is testing the dead to get a more accurate picture. I find it baffling that there isn’t an international standard for testing in a situation like this so that we can get a handle on what is actually going on. If we don’t have data, how can we possibly draw inferences and learn anything?
- krona 7y agoThere are international standards and the standard is that flu is not normally considered a cause of death. It's not realistic to expect autopsies to be performed and coroners reports to be written on every person who dies of pneumonia during an epidemic.
- voisin 7y agoAnd yet I understand this is what is happening in Italy where the suspected cause of death is Covid19. If we don’t make it realistic to expect this (during a pandemic), then how can we trust the numbers?
- goatlover 7y agoRight, for example what if there is a second strain going around that is obscured by the large inconsistencies in testing and reporting?