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This undercounting effect already happens each year with the seasonal flu, it's a known effect [0]. The number of total deaths increases larger than the number
by est31 6y ago
This undercounting effect already happens each year with the seasonal flu, it's a known effect [0]. The number of total deaths increases larger than the number of people who have flu listed as medical cause on their death certificate. Technically, for the individual, it's correct that they didn't die from the flu, but it has weakened them enough for another looming danger to hit them prematurely.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality_displacement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality_displacement
- jtbayly 6y ago> Technically, for the individual, it's correct that they didn't die from the flu... I’m not sure this is accurate. From what I’ve read, many people simply aren’t tested. They are old, got pneumonia, and died. The cause of the pneumonia may have been any number of things, but some large proportion of them are expected to be flu during flu season.