Also, if you're reading this from outside the US, please be aware that virus-deniers are absolutely a thing. It's amazing how consistent these things are.
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Excess mortality over the past few weeks in many locations is around 1.5x confirmed COVID-19 deaths. I'm seeing people use this to claim that "COVID-19 are over-reported / the case numbers are exaggerated", which confirms that virus-deniers are not very good with numbers.https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1252617356125384706 …
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A better count will be a year or so, compared retrospectively to 2019. There might be excess mortality associated with deferred care for non-COVID illness confounding it, I suppose (I know my with has had to put off some of her cancer surgeries because they are "elective").
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"excess mortality... 1.5x confirmed COVID-19 deaths" doesn't make sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality_displacement … It means x1.5 more people dying than historic average same location, same time period... which is attributed to COVID19 situation (directly or indirectly)
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