08-14-2020, 11:39 AM
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail...-countries
Take a look at the excess deaths for South Africa, on the bottom row of graphs (the only country that has a good enough weekly mortality reporting that you can reliably calculate excess deaths) and compare it to the COVID-19 attributed deaths. A lot of deaths due to COVID-19 are simply not being captured in South Africa, and I suspect continent-wide.
This is a case where Occam's razor applies. When unreliable data seems to show something that doesn't make sense, the most likely reason is that the data is unreliable.
BC
Take a look at the excess deaths for South Africa, on the bottom row of graphs (the only country that has a good enough weekly mortality reporting that you can reliably calculate excess deaths) and compare it to the COVID-19 attributed deaths. A lot of deaths due to COVID-19 are simply not being captured in South Africa, and I suspect continent-wide.
This is a case where Occam's razor applies. When unreliable data seems to show something that doesn't make sense, the most likely reason is that the data is unreliable.
BC