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At least in the Netherlands, definitely not: The first Figure in this article (Dutch) shows the number of deaths from any cause. https://nos.nl/artikel/233078
by evandijk70 7y ago
At least in the Netherlands, definitely not:
The first Figure in this article (Dutch) shows the number of deaths from any cause.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2330786-oversterfte-door-corona-blijft-stabiel-blijkt-uit-cbs-cijfers.html https://nos.nl/artikel/2330786-oversterfte-door-corona-blijf...
During the Corona outbreak, almost double the amount of people are dying compared to the same time last year.
- rags2riches 7y agoThere must be some sort of "flushing the pipeline" effect involved, provided that the virus kills the vulnerable to some extent. So I wonder how that will affect the numbers in the near future.
- lukevdp 7y agoMy guess is it will slip to slightly below the norm after the pandemic has passed. There are still a lot of people dying that had many years of life ahead of them.
- genofon 6y agoof course everyone has to die at a certain point, when does make a difference and COVID is making a HUGE difference as you can see by the spike in mortality rate