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Originally Posted by Damien
We've known that since the start though which is why 'excess deaths' was used in the initial wave to judge between nations by some.
As long as the measurement is consistent it's still useful as a way to benchmark what's happening.
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It’s still an over-simplification. Excess deaths are also caused by people not getting diagnosed and/or treated in time as a result of prioritising Covid patients.
It shouldn’t be a problem working out who has actually been admitted and/or died of coronavirus, but recording has been shambolic because no country seems to have taken a sensible and pragmatic means of recording. Even we cannot differentiate which patients are admitted because of or die because of Covid.