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To expand on that, I don't disagree that it could be happening in some cases. But I think it is very misleading to use it as a way to say that COVID is not as b
by GhostVII 6y ago
To expand on that, I don't disagree that it could be happening in some cases. But I think it is very misleading to use it as a way to say that COVID is not as bad as we say. It is clear by the increase in deaths year-over-year that the death counts we are getting are roughly in line with what is being reported. Maybe "conspiracy theory" is a bit strong, but I absolutely think it is an invalid reason for downplaying the virus given that we can clearly see many more people are dying than last year in the same time period.
- x3n0ph3n3 6y agoDo you have a good source for differences in overall deaths between this year and last year?
- GhostVII 6y agoThe New York Times did a report on it [0]. It's important to note that not all of the increase in deaths is necessarily due to the virus itself, the lockdown could be causing more deaths due to people being resistant to going to the hospital, in which case lifting the lockdown would reduce these deaths. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/05/us/coronavirus-death-toll-us.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/05/us/coronaviru...
- warkdarrior 6y agoFrom the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
- ImprobableTruth 6y agoThe NYT[0] has some neat graphs, but it's not a primary source. EuroMOMO[1] is a source for Europe, but I don't know what the equivalent would be for the US. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronavirus-missing-deaths.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronav... [1]https://www.euromomo.eu/ https://www.euromomo.eu/
- mwest217 6y agoThe CDC has a page about it [here](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm).