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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by Jommi on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @02:54AM (#23767555)
That translates to around 0.4, which is in-line with normal influenza seasons.
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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by panta on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @03:02AM (#23767597)
133k in 3000k is more like 4.4%, so an order of magnitude higher.
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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by Jommi on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @03:09AM (#23767632)
Oops. Missed a zero, classically. So that does make it look more alarming. However could still be heavily effected by things such as low testing amounts, or vulnerable people front loading the numbers.
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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by spaced-out on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @04:08AM (#23767905)
Deaths from Covid have already passed 100k, way more deaths than any flu season since those infamous pandemics, and that's despite lockdowns. No amount of fiddling with numbers changes that.
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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by throwaway_pdp09 on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @04:58AM (#23768153)
> or vulnerable people front loading the numbers

So vulnerable people dying should not contribute to covid mortality statistics? Why is that?

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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by Jommi on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @12:05PM (#23771218)
I mean that when we are in the middle of a pandemic most likely deaths are frontloaded in that those that are going to be affected the most, will most likely be the most effected by now. If that makes sense.

So it's more of a thing to keep in mind when comparing mortality statistics of an in progress pandemic to past pandemics.

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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by ccozan on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @03:12AM (#23767650)
Nope. Is 0.4. check again.
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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by j4yav on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @04:47AM (#23768100)
Hm, it really isn't, but you don't have to take my word for it.

https://www.percentagecal.com/answer/133-is-what-percent-of-...

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