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See Figure 3. I was off, Nationally were underreporting ~47%, NYC is at ~60%. We can argue the pictures and stats in the Washington Post all day long. But eit
by Balgair 7y ago
See Figure 3.
I was off, Nationally were underreporting ~47%, NYC is at ~60%.
We can argue the pictures and stats in the Washington Post all day long. But either way, we're likely to be underreporting.
Also, though not directly due to the virus itself, the 'avoidable' deaths are kinda due to the pandemic and an over-response-ish factor.
This thing is going to take decades to sort out. Kinda like how people that die from digging up bombs from WW1 are counted in stats as WW1 collateral deaths, still.
- ryankemper 7y agoI see, I think my point of contention was that it's not accurate to say that these are necessarily undercounted covid deaths. That hasn't been proven. I do agree however that it is very likely that the majority are. > Also, though not directly due to the virus itself, the 'avoidable' deaths are kinda due to the pandemic and an over-response-ish factor. Right, the distinction is if they would have occurred in an environment where we weren't locking down and suspending elective surgeries in places that weren't hard-hit. In a place like New York we should definitely assume that the capacity wasn't there until we have evidence otherwise though, so that would be a region where we certainly could not blame overreaction. Thanks, I'll try to think about this more later on.