At least once a month in 2020: "CASES ARE RISING BUT DEATHS AREN'T. PANDEMIC OVER" "But there's a death lag - often of 6-8 weeks! It'll happen soon" "NAH BUDDY PANDEMIC OVER" *6-8 weeks later* "FUCK"
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Add to this the fact that the MEDIAN time from infection to death for COVID-19 is 3 weeks, and you get a 5+ week lag from when cases first start to rise to when deaths do (in many cases, not all)
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This is, of course, subject to testing. We saw a very different pattern in March/April, because people could only access tests when they presented to hospital. This reduced the lag by at least a week or two!
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