Re:Lithuanian capital to be turned into vast open-air cafe
by 9HZZRfNlpR on Thursday April 30, 2020 @07:12AM
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This is often problem with comparing covid19 stats, or any stats for that matter.
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Re:Lithuanian capital to be turned into vast open-air cafe
by jackfoxy on Thursday April 30, 2020 @10:51AM
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A better way to compare is excess deaths over seasonal average (or last year's seasonal statistic) per million. That does not tell you exactly how many died of covid-19, but is a more useful comparison.
Re:Lithuanian capital to be turned into vast open-air cafe
by rectang on Thursday April 30, 2020 @10:56AM
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Among the many COVID stat visualization websites out there, are there any which actually provide that statistic?
Re:Lithuanian capital to be turned into vast open-air cafe
by acqq on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:07AM
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>> excess deaths over seasonal average
> are there any which actually provide that statistic?
Sure, as I've linked it here twice already:
https://www.euromomo.eu/graphs-and-maps
Belgium is among the top three there too.
Also see on ft.com:
https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest
the "Death rates have climbed far above historical averages" graph.
and from Italy, made on March 16, 2020:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Is_COVID-19_like_a_flu%3F...
All of these also directly disprove "same as flu" narration. These are all in spite of most of the world having some kind of measures introduced.
Re:Lithuanian capital to be turned into vast open-air cafe
by Kique on Thursday April 30, 2020 @12:54PM
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NYT did something similar to what you are looking for
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/28/us/coronaviru...
Re:Lithuanian capital to be turned into vast open-air cafe
by alexhutcheson on Thursday April 30, 2020 @05:24PM
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Agreed that’s the better metric, but there is a long lag before mortality statistics are complete in most places. Most jurisdictions report a lower number immediately, and then continue to revise it up for weeks or even months. If you don’t adjust for this it will look like the jurisdictions that complete their reporting most quickly are the hardest-hit.