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NE_Pilot
this has been headline news, and the topic has been beaten to death on APC already.
so many people here asserting that there is an overcount, but not a single source or shred of evidence. the evidence points to an undercount.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/01/offi...udy-finds.html
From your article:
Weinberger said other factors could contribute to the increase in deaths, such as people avoiding emergency treatment for things like heart attacks. However, he doesn’t think that is the main driver.
That is a pretty big assumption on the part of the researchers. We already know suicides and ODs are on the rise. We also know people have not been going to the hospital. So the whole undercount is based on the thought that the majority of excess deaths have to be COVID-19, yet no evidence for that assumption is given.
Once again, what evidence is there for this claim? Where are the articles that show someone was incorrectly listed as a non-COVID-19 death when it was clearly one? There are plenty of examples of people who died from accidents and gunshots who were listed as COVID-19, yet none that I have seen in the other direction....
Edit: There must be evidence that these excess deaths must to be attributed to COVID19, it is not axiomatic. Dismissing other potential reasons without evidence is not science.