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You'er basing that on official figures from a country which has cities whose healthcare systems collapsed. Makeshift funeral pyres in the middle of a city stre

You'er basing that on official figures from a country which has cities whose healthcare systems collapsed. Makeshift funeral pyres in the middle of a city street don't happen in a country where something hasn't gone terribly wrong Delhi's official death rate of the last 7 days was 9 per 100k, and University of Michigan are estimating real rates at 2-5 times higher than that for India as a whole.

antibuddy 6y ago
> Makeshift funeral pyres in the middle of a city street don't happen in a country where something hasn't gone terribly wrong The same was said in Germany/Saxony (crematoria capacity reached), however they plain omitted the fact that usually these were outsourced to Czech Republic, but borders were closed. Cherry-picking parts of the story but omitting others is so common that I am hesitant to take it as is. It would be certainly better to have overall mortality, so it would be easier to reason about the veracity of COVID mortality, however I am not convinced by obvious emotional manipulation. > Delhi's official death rate of the last 7 days was 9 per 100k, and University of Michigan are estimating real rates at 2-5 times higher than that for India as a whole. 9/100k/w is not very high for cities given they are drastically more affected by pandemics in general. 2-5 times is quite a big margin, but I would be interested in how they came to these numbers.
antibuddy 6y ago
In Kerala the all-cause mortality decreased from 2019-2020[0] - something you could observe in Germany as well. Kerala is said to be more advanced than other states in India, however it lends some credence to the official numbers. [0]: https://health.kerala.gov.in/pdf/Technical-paper-All-Cause-Mortality-Kerala.pdf https://health.kerala.gov.in/pdf/Technical-paper-All-Cause-M...

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You'er basing that on official figures from a country which has cities whose healthcare systems collapsed. Makeshift funeral pyres in the middle of a city stre

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antibuddy 6y ago
> Makeshift funeral pyres in the middle of a city street don't happen in a country where something hasn't gone terribly wrong The same was said in Germany/Saxony (crematoria capacity reached), however they plain omitted the fact that usually these were outsourced to Czech Republic, but borders were closed. Cherry-picking parts of the story but omitting others is so common that I am hesitant to take it as is. It would be certainly better to have overall mortality, so it would be easier to reason about the veracity of COVID mortality, however I am not convinced by obvious emotional manipulation. > Delhi's official death rate of the last 7 days was 9 per 100k, and University of Michigan are estimating real rates at 2-5 times higher than that for India as a whole. 9/100k/w is not very high for cities given they are drastically more affected by pandemics in general. 2-5 times is quite a big margin, but I would be interested in how they came to these numbers.
antibuddy 6y ago
In Kerala the all-cause mortality decreased from 2019-2020[0] - something you could observe in Germany as well. Kerala is said to be more advanced than other states in India, however it lends some credence to the official numbers. [0]: https://health.kerala.gov.in/pdf/Technical-paper-All-Cause-Mortality-Kerala.pdf https://health.kerala.gov.in/pdf/Technical-paper-All-Cause-M...