There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the pandemic

Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by mikepurvis on Sunday May 16, 2021 @07:04PM (#27178011)

I think it’s still hard because deaths for almost everything else go down when people aren’t out getting in car crashes, picking the regular flu, etc etc.

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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by virtuallynathan on Sunday May 16, 2021 @07:18PM (#27178140)

Automotive fatalities were actually up substantially in 2020.

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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by jokethrowaway on Monday May 17, 2021 @07:07PM (#27189474)

Also, locking down everyone (and its economic consequences) probably had / will have an effect on number of suicides (not sure if negative - I can't stand it, I'll kill myself - or positive - I can't stand it but life will be better after covid)

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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by mikepurvis on Thursday May 20, 2021 @09:45AM (#27221016)

Surprisingly not:

"Widespread assumptions that suicide rates would increase during the pandemic are not supported by the growing amount of evidence coming out of Canadian provinces and other jurisdictions around the world, say experts who study the topic."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/suicides-alberta-bc-s...

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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by throwaway316943 on Sunday May 16, 2021 @07:19PM (#27178147)

There should still be a difference between open vs close then since they open approach would still have people going out driving and getting the flu.

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