While cases/mil pop is likely way undercounting, and deaths attributed to COVID 19 are undercounted, it's hard to juke the stats on dead bodies. There are a lot more dead bodies this year. Perhaps the best tracker to do comps would be to just graph deaths above seasonally adjusted average.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Finvestigations%2F2020%2F04%2F27%2Fcovid-19-death-toll-undercounted%2F&psig=AOvVaw1eqX9j2iqjGOgeCrmqLPgx&ust=1588702179927000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA0QjhxqFwoTCOCzmf7mmukCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 1:05 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > The numbers are not "completely" false, but it's the best we can do when > we don't actually test all the suspected infections. It also (probably) > missed a whole lot of the early deaths, as they were miss-classified. If > you think under-ground near-do-wells are planted in all the hospitals > around the country and are coordinating false numbers on all the rest of > us, then I have a tin hat that might fit real well. > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 5/4/2020 10:48 AM, Steven Kenney wrote: > > Numbers are completely false. Even with that taken into regard it still > is just as lethal as the regular flu. While it is way more harsh on people > if they get it, most people have underlying conditions, or didn't know they > had them, or didn't take it serious when they got it. > > Unfortunately politicians never waste a crisis to further their agenda. > > -- > Steven Kenney > Network Operations Manager > WaveDirect Telecommunications > http://www.wavedirect.net > (519)737-WAVE (9283) > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"chuck" <ch...@wbmfg.com> <ch...@wbmfg.com> > *To: *"af" <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Monday, May 4, 2020 12:30:08 PM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] OT Is this good? > > [image: image] > > Every time I get my hopes up this curve breaks my heart... Let’s hope we > are on the tail of a normal curve. > 6 days in a row decline. But it has done this cycle 3 times before with a > huge spike after. > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > --
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