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So eventually we are going to have an answer to these questions. There is a notion of "excess deaths" (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.
by mox1 6y ago
So eventually we are going to have an answer to these questions. There is a notion of "excess deaths" (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm). It will be pretty hard to lie / manipulate these numbers.
We (the US, probably other countries) have pretty good statistics for how many people die every year (and what killed them). We can use this historical data to estimate how many people would have died in a normal 2020. Compare that to what actually happened, and its a pretty good argument for how many people COVID killed.
- adjkant 6y agoI couldn't recommend the CDC link above more. The various dashboards tell the clearest story here.
- SubiculumCode 6y agoThis is addressed in the article extensively, although with factual error. That said, neither the article or your comment address the fact that 2020 had a large effects on behavior and lifestyle which could effect death numbers.
- LoSboccacc 6y agothe 2 and 5 year average are interesting too, because another important matter for a age-skewed disease is how much it impacted life expectancy
- TMWNN 6y ago>We (the US, probably other countries) have pretty good statistics for how many people die every year (and what killed them). Similarly, homicides are the only type of crime that statistics can be reliably compared across countries, because the definition of "murder" is consistent in a way that other crimes aren't.