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

Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by raydev on Sunday May 16, 2021 @08:58PM (#27178893)

I don’t know why no one is saying this, but Ontario’s ICU numbers skyrocketed to 900 at the peak just a few weeks ago. We’re only down to 700 occupied beds now and normal medical procedures are still paused because of the enormous ICU load.

It wasn’t until we closed schools that the trend reversed.

People are so quick to blame fear without actually looking at the data

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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by bitcurious on Sunday May 16, 2021 @09:48PM (#27179249)

> It wasn’t until we closed schools that the trend reversed.

The other way to think about it is that it wasn’t until things got bad that people got cautious.

Kind of how people take homeopathic drugs when they are sickest.

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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by chmod600 on Sunday May 16, 2021 @09:24PM (#27179106)

Is the data conclusive? I try to look at the data, but it seems like a mixed bag when it comes to school closures.

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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by raydev on Sunday May 16, 2021 @10:20PM (#27179463)

I don't know if we can conclusively say what specific action needs to be taken other than halt contact. We were on an extremely bad path, and I don't know what else could have been done since we had little vaccine supply at that time.

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