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Re:Studies Point to Big Drop in Covid-19 Death Rates by inyourtenement on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @09:49AM (#24847843)
Are deaths the only thing that matters to you? Shouldn't we be just as concerned about hospitalizations? Is there any reason that you're aware of for cases to not be a good proxy for hospitalizations?
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Re:Studies Point to Big Drop in Covid-19 Death Rates by gnusty_gnurc on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @09:56AM (#24847909)
My point is that: hospitalizations != cases

It would make sense that an observed drop in deaths would correspond to a drop in hospitalizations if the case number is rising significantly.

That's good imo.

edit: CDC graph shows hospitalization rate steadily dropping.

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Re:Studies Point to Big Drop in Covid-19 Death Rates by inyourtenement on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @10:08AM (#24848016)
When you say "observed drop in deaths" are you referring back to the original article? Because the first sentence is "Two new peer-reviewed studies are showing a sharp drop in mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients." so I'm having trouble making sense of what you're saying.
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