CORONAVIRUS PANIC WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE

[Poopadoop]

The under-reporting is likely a result of unconfirmed deaths outside of hospitals. I saw a figure somewhere suggesting the death rate is around 1/6 higher than published, but I've no idea where that figure comes from. I think with a lot of cases in care homes they're just guessing what caused the death. It's probably CV, but it could be flu, or a heart attack, idk. I think the figures will become more reliable over time, but they'll never be totally accurate.

The graphs comparing to expected death rate are probably best, because they include people dying from other things who would have received care in time if not for CV overstressing the health systems.

[OngBonga]

The graphs comparing to expected death rate are probably best, because they include people dying from other things who would have received care in time if not for CV overstressing the health systems.

I'll be surprised if they have reliable figures for this already, but certainly there will be non-covid deaths caused by covid. We're apparently 8k more deaths for the week compared to last year, with only 6k attributed to covid, so there's something going on.

[Poopadoop]

I'll be surprised if they have reliable figures for this already, but certainly there will be non-covid deaths caused by covid. We're apparently 8k more deaths for the week compared to last year, with only 6k attributed to covid, so there's something going on.

Yeah well I doubt they're going to dig up the bodies when this is all over to get an exact count. But, if you know how many people usually die in a given week of the year (x), and for the time up to when CV arrives death rates are following that pattern, then CV arrives and deaths suddenly go up to x + y, then you can reasonably attribute y (either directly or indirectly) to CV