Re:The Economist tracks excess deaths
by bena on Monday December 27, 2021 @06:08PM
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No one is trying to optimize it for.
They're using it as a crude barometer for just how bad it is. We know about how many people die on average for any given period. We expect it to be in a range. When it is wildly outside of that range, then there's something going on.
They're using it as a crude barometer for just how bad it is. We know about how many people die on average for any given period. We expect it to be in a range. When it is wildly outside of that range, then there's something going on.