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Nearly 15M excess deaths occurred globally in 2020 and 2021
- cat_plus_plus 4y agoNeed to understand a few more details here. First as world human population is aging, mortality is expected to rise regardless of new diseases. Second, some frail individuals may have lived a couple of years longer if not for COVID-19, but how many would have lived 10 years longer? We may see a temporary dip in mortality going forward if most deaths were only hastened by relatively short time. Finally, how many of the deaths were from various aspects of response to virus rather than the virus itself - crime, suicide, missed doctor appointments etc?
- defrost 4y agoSee also: Estimated cumulative excess deaths during Covid, World https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist-single-entity https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33814916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33814916 15 days ago | 150 comments
- guilhas 4y agoStarnge that way more deaths occurred in 2021, with the vaccine distribution and less deadly variants