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I'm not so sure this is true. Here in the UK the deaths are climbing back up again as the second wave comes in. Yesterday we had 241 Covid-19 fatalities, a nu

I'm not so sure this is true. Here in the UK the deaths are climbing back up again as the second wave comes in. Yesterday we had 241 Covid-19 fatalities, a number not seen since the start of June. Additionally, the way the UK is counting deaths changed a few months ago. Originally we were counting everyone that had been diagnosed with Covid, now if the death doesn't occur within 28 days of infection the death isn't counted as a Covid-19 death. And finally, we're testing a hell of a lot more now so the alleged case numbers back in April (~5000 a day) don't marry up at all with case numbers now (~20,000 a day). I'm guessing back in April it was closer to 80,000 cases a day in reality, which would make the disease just as deadly now as it was back then.

SiempreViernes 6y ago
That fatalities are going up as cases are going up is expected, but compare the rate of increase now with those during the first wave in March: significant quantitative difference. People are quite clearly dying at slower rate than in March, while the weekly rate of new cases is growing faster now than they did in March.
ppf 6y ago
>Yesterday we had 241 Covid-19 fatalities Yesterday, 241 Covid-19 fatalities were reported, with the actual dates of death spread out over the previous days/weeks. Edit: Just for extra clarity - we don't know how many died of Covid yesterday, due to reporting delays. There is data for "Covid deaths by date of death", but it always has a slight drop off due to these reporting delays.
gadders 6y ago
Not according to the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. COVID deaths are about in line with how many people would die of flu in a normal year. https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/covid-19-florence-nightingales-daigrams-for-deaths/ https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/covid-19-florence-nightingales... The ONS actually shows COVID deaths as now lower than flu deaths: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending9october2020#deaths-registered-by-week https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde...

SiempreViernes 6y ago

That fatalities are going up as cases are going up is expected, but compare the rate of increase now with those during the first wave in March: significant quantitative difference. People are quite clearly dying at slower rate than in March, while the weekly rate of new cases is growing faster now than they did in March.

ppf 6y ago

>Yesterday we had 241 Covid-19 fatalities Yesterday, 241 Covid-19 fatalities were reported, with the actual dates of death spread out over the previous days/weeks. Edit: Just for extra clarity - we don't know how many died of Covid yesterday, due to reporting delays. There is data for "Covid deaths by date of death", but it always has a slight drop off due to these reporting delays.

gadders 6y ago

Not according to the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. COVID deaths are about in line with how many people would die of flu in a normal year. https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/covid-19-florence-nightingales-daigrams-for-deaths/ https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/covid-19-florence-nightingales... The ONS actually shows COVID deaths as now lower than flu deaths: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending9october2020#deaths-registered-by-week https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde...