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Originally Posted by Pierre
Well I think things could have been done better, especially as we came into Lockdowns 2 & 3 and before you ask no I don’t have all the alternatives but it surely couldn’t be beyond the wit of man to come up with something more sophisticated than more lockdowns. I’m not a fan of Lockdowns. I think I’ve been consistent on that.
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Well I think that is what was supposed to be the method as advised during the initial wave.
I would go as far to say 3-5 year average comparisons would probably be better.
Regardless of what the final numbers may be I doubt it’ll tell you much and I doubt comparisons to other countries stats will be helpful either
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If you're looking for perfection in stats, you won't find it but that shouldn't rule out benchmarking against peers.
During the initial wave, many Covid-related deaths were not identified as such as people were not tested so an excess deaths comparison is likely a more accurate indicator.