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"It added the 16% rate was 'an unusually high value' for a July month. The bloc had 3% excess mortality in the same period in 2020, the first year of the COVID-
by ALittleLight 4y ago
"It added the 16% rate was 'an unusually high value' for a July month. The bloc had 3% excess mortality in the same period in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and 6% in 2021."
Am I reading correctly that this implies, at least for the month of July, that heat killed more people than the pandemic?
- netrus 4y agoYes, but it is an unfortunate selection of data, as excess death due to Covid in the EU mostly happened in two waves, non of which extended to July. But I don't want to downplay the impact of heat waves, they death spike associated with them is interesting, and underappreciated by the public. https://www.euromomo.eu/graphs-and-maps https://www.euromomo.eu/graphs-and-maps
- retinaros 4y agodont forget that anyone who died from the flu was tagged as covid death. just look at flu death in 2018 and during covid
- regularjack 4y agoWell, yes, flu doesn't propagate as much when everyone is staying in and using masks.
- retinaros 4y agobut covid does?
- somewhereoutth 4y agoYes, basically. It is far more contagious than flu. Even assuming it is 'just the flu' in terms of impact of a single bout on an individual (and there is plenty of evidence it is much worse than the flu), the fact that it spreads so easily and can re-infect so readily makes it a very serious public health issue.