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Posted On: 08/30/2020 6:43:49 PM
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CDiddy,
Excess death measurement is the most straightforward means to track the impact of a transformative event or disease.
Covid-19 has caused direct deaths, but excess deaths included deaths from people with heart attacks or other ailments who died due to fear of Covid and did not seek medical care.
In this fashion excess death measurement may over count deaths. However, those who die at home from Covid and are never tested nonetheless have died of Covid are included in an excess death measurement.
Imperfect, but less prone to manipulation, as is seen when coroners are prevented by political figures from testing testing the diseased for Covid.
Excess death measurement is the most straightforward means to track the impact of a transformative event or disease.
Covid-19 has caused direct deaths, but excess deaths included deaths from people with heart attacks or other ailments who died due to fear of Covid and did not seek medical care.
In this fashion excess death measurement may over count deaths. However, those who die at home from Covid and are never tested nonetheless have died of Covid are included in an excess death measurement.
Imperfect, but less prone to manipulation, as is seen when coroners are prevented by political figures from testing testing the diseased for Covid.
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