Re: mask mandate

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 18:27:29 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

In US, the Republican party did not take Covid seriously, and the
majority of deaths happened for those 50 and older.

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Sadly we don't know that. The only thing we know is that doctors reported
it, but there were incentives in place to ensure massive over estimation.

But, your claim was "we must look at excess mortality over time," and
now its being suggested "incentives in place to ensure massive over
estimation."

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How are COVID-19 deaths counted, and what does this mean?
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In slightly more than 2 years, authorities have recorded 5.75 million
COVID-19 deaths worldwide. Some people believe that this is an
overestimate of the actual mortality from the disease. Others think
COVID-19 has caused many more deaths than the official figures show.
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Whether the man died of COVID-19 or with COVID-19 is open to
interpretation. And this is why some dispute the official figures.
Died of or with COVID-19?

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines a death from COVID-19 as
"a death resulting from a clinically compatible illness in a probable
or confirmed COVID-19 case, unless there is a clear alternative cause
of death that cannot be related to COVID-19 disease, e.g., trauma."

The U.S. attributes death to COVID-19 where this disease, or the
coronavirus that causes it, appears as a cause or contributing cause
of death on the death certificate.

The U.K. records any death that occurs within 28 days of a positive
PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 as a COVID-19 death. The official U.K.
COVID-19 death toll is now about 159,000.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-are-covid-19-deaths-counted-and-what-does-this-mean#Official-figures