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So how many people are currently dying because of covid?

• WithinReason 5y ago
  For the UK see my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30558089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30558089
• spaetzleesser 5y ago
  Probably whatever you want the number to be. If somebody dies while Covid-19 positive you can either blame it on COVID or you can blame it on other conditions or somewhere in between.
  • pmarreck 5y ago
    Doctors already have a protocol for this since senior citizens often die of multiple causes. Turns out there is usually one “proximal” cause (the “killing blow”) and multiple “distal” causes. Presumably, they use the same evaluation protocol here to determine primary cause of death. This great tiktok doc broke it down a year and a half ago. https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdAAjux1/ https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdAAjux1/
• jesusofnazarath 5y ago
• flerchin 5y ago
  In the US, the 7 day average is around 1700 per day. Weird denialists will claim it's overcounted, but it tracks quite well with excess deaths. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/?state=US https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/corona...