The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy

Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by voisin on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:28PM (#22724082)

I read that Germany is not testing the dead, so if someone wasn’t tested while alive then their death is attributed elsewhere. Italy is testing the dead to get a more accurate picture. I find it baffling that there isn’t an international standard for testing in a situation like this so that we can get a handle on what is actually going on. If we don’t have data, how can we possibly draw inferences and learn anything?

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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by krona on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:39PM (#22724152)

There are international standards and the standard is that flu is not normally considered a cause of death. It's not realistic to expect autopsies to be performed and coroners reports to be written on every person who dies of pneumonia during an epidemic.

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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by voisin on Sunday March 29, 2020 @09:02PM (#22724277)

And yet I understand this is what is happening in Italy where the suspected cause of death is Covid19. If we don’t make it realistic to expect this (during a pandemic), then how can we trust the numbers?

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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by goatlover on Sunday March 29, 2020 @09:09PM (#22724318)

Right, for example what if there is a second strain going around that is obscured by the large inconsistencies in testing and reporting?

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