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> the numbers all are dodgy > There’s a three day lag in the data Do you truly need deaths as they happen by the minute?
by inquirerofsorts 6y ago
> the numbers all are dodgy
> There’s a three day lag in the data
Do you truly need deaths as they happen by the minute?
- burntoutfire 6y agoThe three day lag can be a buffer to have some time to think and decide what to actually report to the public.
- tremon 6y agoSure, and it can also be because the death certificates and medical records need to be compiled and aggregated, and many parts of that process can be subject to manual inspection. Many people have cautioned against using mortality figures in the US as a measure of Covid spread, because these figures have a lag measured in weeks before they're considered accurate. Imagine the doctoring being done on those numbers!