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Re:Australia: Excess deaths in 2022 'incredibly high' at 13 ... by explodingman on Monday December 12, 2022 @02:25AM (#33951903)
The report divides deaths into three types: those who died of covid, those who died with covid and excess deaths. The excess deaths are more numerous than the with covid deaths.

Weekly fluctuations in excess deaths correlates strongly with covid deaths, so people who want to pretend that the excess deaths are due to something other than covid (ie, vaccinations or lockdown measures) are barking up the wrong tree.

https://www.actuaries.digital/2022/12/07/covid-19-mortality-...

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Re:Australia: Excess deaths in 2022 'incredibly high' at 13 ... by 543g43g43 on Monday December 12, 2022 @03:35AM (#33952337)
The wider point is that, despite some of the most draconian lockdowns on earth, Australia hasn't escaped Covid.
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Re:Australia: Excess deaths in 2022 'incredibly high' at 13 ... by sfusato on Monday December 12, 2022 @06:29AM (#33953524)
Wasn't that supposed to buy them time until they got everyone vaccinated?
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Re:Australia: Excess deaths in 2022 'incredibly high' at 13 ... by slaw on Monday December 12, 2022 @06:48AM (#33953661)
It looks like Sweden approach by not doing lockdowns was better.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/525353/sweden-number-of-...

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Re:Australia: Excess deaths in 2022 'incredibly high' at 13 ... by 543g43g43 on Monday December 12, 2022 @07:31AM (#33953979)
Tell me about it. I was told many times that we should have "locked down harder", like "sensible countries" including Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea.
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