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If you are wondering how such underreporting could happen, just look at the comments on this thread, many of which are elaborations on the theme of "I'm not at
by Zigurd 4y ago
If you are wondering how such underreporting could happen, just look at the comments on this thread, many of which are elaborations on the theme of "I'm not at all convinced excess deaths is a good measure of Covid-19 deaths."
Excess deaths and correcting for reporting reliability is how influenza deaths have been counted since about forever. The conclusion to draw is not that "COVID wasn't so bad" but rather that infectious disease prevention should always be taken more seriously. Policies like WFH, mask use, and limiting exposure to situations where super-spreading can take place should become part of the toolkit for fighting influenza and other infectious diseases.
- foverzar 4y agoInfluenza had never caused such a shock for healthcare system and for the way that the society functions. Claiming that some metrics is good because it has been used for something else is incorrect. These are different entities and the conditions for the measurements are extremely different.
- OrvalWintermute 4y agoin some foreign countries with advanced in age populations, influenza seasons bring substantial death waves with them. In this case though, the media was pushing a specific narrative so much it rose to the level of fearporn.