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We are also not counting deaths due to overwhelmed health care systems. In Madrid, in 2019, 794 people died total in March. In March 2020, it was 1318, with 19
by splitrocket 6y ago
We are also not counting deaths due to overwhelmed health care systems.
In Madrid, in 2019, 794 people died total in March. In March 2020, it was 1318, with 192 COVID-19 deaths. 542 more than 2019 due to an overwhelmed medical system.
In Catilla-La Mancha, 534 in march 2019, 938 total deaths in 2020, 206 officially from COVID-19.
In Spain and Italy, total mortality is around 2-3 times more than direct COVID-19 mortality.
https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020-03-27/el-coronavirus-causa-mas-muertes-de-las-detectadas.html https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020-03-27/el-coronavirus-causa-...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/this-is-very-important-from-italy-please-read https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/this-is-very-important-...
https://pandemic.substack.com/p/the-elephant-in-the-room-undercounting https://pandemic.substack.com/p/the-elephant-in-the-room-und...
To put all of this into perspective, our public health system is VERY sensitive to shocks. Just having a marathon in your city can increase the overall mortality of hospitalization by 3.3%.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1614073 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1614073
Articles like this are incredibly dangerous, bordering on criminal negligence.