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The UK got a 65k people over mortality over the last months, for 45k official COVID-19 victims. So if anything the UK is undercounting COVID-19 victims. See ht
by brohee 6y ago
The UK got a 65k people over mortality over the last months, for 45k official COVID-19 victims. So if anything the UK is undercounting COVID-19 victims.
See https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441 https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06... for excess mortality in a few countries. Many victims are not counted.
- Nursie 6y agoNearly all countries are like this AFAICT the US coronavirus deaths figure is around 140k, but the full excess death figure is somewhere around 170k (it's difficult to find good figures, some are here - https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm )
- refurb 6y agoThere are already plenty of stories of empty ERs - people with chest and abdominal pain aren’t coming in. You cant lump all excess mortality into the Covid bucket.
- brohee 6y agoIn many countries, e.g. France, excess mortality and COVID-19 victims match very closely. Sure there may have been more untreated cardiovascular events, but there were also a lot less accidents and it seems it evened out...