Xenophon wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:56 am
It appears there has been a mass inflation of COVID-19 death data. NYC isn't distinguishing who dies with COVID-19 and who dies fromCOVID-19. Italy is doing the same thing.
Having worked for the government in some capacity my whole life, I can say that it isn't crazy to think that healthcare organizations aren't inflating their numbers to qualify for the maximum amount of government aid they can get. Education does it all the time.
The data people quote for the Spanish Flu is the same
People quote the "excess mortality" of the Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu did not kill "50 million" people directly, most of those deaths were secondary knock on effects
Xenophon wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:56 am
It appears there has been a mass inflation of COVID-19 death data. NYC isn't distinguishing who dies with COVID-19 and who dies fromCOVID-19. Italy is doing the same thing.
Having worked for the government in some capacity my whole life, I can say that it isn't crazy to think that healthcare organizations aren't inflating their numbers to qualify for the maximum amount of government aid they can get. Education does it all the time.
The data people quote for the Spanish Flu is the same
People quote the "excess mortality" of the Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu did not kill "50 million" people directly, most of those deaths were secondary knock on effects
I feel like this is another level of dishonesty. I'm fine with attributing a COVID-19 death to someone whose heart was made weaker by the virus, but if someone tests positive for COVID and dies of cancer, I don't think that should be a COVID-19 casualty.
Xenophon wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:56 am
It appears there has been a mass inflation of COVID-19 death data. NYC isn't distinguishing who dies with COVID-19 and who dies fromCOVID-19. Italy is doing the same thing.
Having worked for the government in some capacity my whole life, I can say that it isn't crazy to think that healthcare organizations aren't inflating their numbers to qualify for the maximum amount of government aid they can get. Education does it all the time.
The data people quote for the Spanish Flu is the same
People quote the "excess mortality" of the Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu did not kill "50 million" people directly, most of those deaths were secondary knock on effects
I feel like this is another level of dishonesty. I'm fine with attributing a COVID-19 death to someone whose heart was made weaker by the virus, but if someone tests positive for COVID and dies of cancer, I don't think that should be a COVID-19 casualty.
It's standard operating procedure for biological warfare
There is 'case mortality' and secondary effect 'excess mortality'
But dead is dead, you can be killed in a war by the chaos of it alone
Never an issue. I read a lot more than I post. See more than I say, so I get your riff (and others here too). It’s what keeps me coming back- the beat goes on