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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by anarazel on Sunday May 16, 2021 @07:36PM (#27178312)
SF fared a lot better than LA, which was a lot looser with restrictions...
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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by anarazel on Sunday May 16, 2021 @07:46PM (#27178404)
Of course SF has a good hospital coverage, displaced a lot of poorer residents. Thus fewer people working high-risk jobs in SF actually end up counted in SF's stats.

But I don't think that SF's 62 deaths/100k (compared to e.g. 240 for LA and 232 for Miami) is solely explained by that, and that the tighter (and more adhered to) restrictions did play a role.

Without the poorly considered relaxations in Oct/Nov, despite clear indicators for a worsening situation, it'd have ended up better...

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