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That chart is funny. The title is “unprecedented spike”, but it just shows that such outliers have occurred regularly.

• blago 6y ago
  Not at this time of the year if I am reading the chart right.
  • thu2111 6y ago
    Time of year doesn't matter for his point though. What we care about is mortality, not whether it happens at the start or end of a winter.
    • blago 6y ago
      Not all months are the same. It's clearly unprecedented for this time of the year.