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[–]catoboros 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

None of this explains the massive wave of excess mortality, which is calculated from all causes regardless of comorbidities or diagnosis. It is nothing like a seasonal influenza. Just count the total weekly deaths from all causes and compare to previous years. The impact of coronavirus is clear.

Case fatality rate is not all that high, especially now that we have better treatments (dexamethasone), but coronavirus is much more infectious than influenza so there are many, many more cases and many, many more deaths. Coronavirus is only getting started.

[–]OrneryStruggle 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The massive waves of excess mortality do however appear to correlate with countries "locking down" and shutting down their healthcare systems.

Japan, which had basically no lockdown or other measures had below average excess mortality. Many countries like Sweden's excess mortality so far this year has been lower than in several recent years. By the end of the year it'll be a wash practically everywhere except places like NYC where they put healthy people on ventilators, thus killing them, in droves. Well and of course all those cancer, stroke and heart disease patients who couldn't get treatment, thus dying prematurely.