Re:R number for UK below 1 for first time since August
by disgruntledphd2 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @04:50AM
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> Given the average age of deaths by COVID-19 being above average life expectancy, this totally seems possible to me - lots of excess deaths early in the year, but the opposite later in the year, resulting in net "deaths as usual" over the whole year.
Life expectancy at birth, and life expectancy given a particular age are very different.
Most of those Covid deaths were above life expectancy are using life expectancy at birth figures, which is very misleading (as if you make it 82 you're almost certainly a fitter than average 82 year old).
Life expectancy at birth, and life expectancy given a particular age are very different.
Most of those Covid deaths were above life expectancy are using life expectancy at birth figures, which is very misleading (as if you make it 82 you're almost certainly a fitter than average 82 year old).