LeisureSuitLarry said:
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2020/03/27/covid-19-and-us-mortality-by-i-ratel/
I am seeing more and more analysis from statisticians on this exact data and they all seem to be showing the same results. Overall mortality rates are dramatically down in the US versus the past 5 years on average. I am betting a majority of the population did not understand the average mortality rate in the USA and the delta that CV-19 applied to that rate.
Discussion point:
While the conversation of CV-19 mortality rate is front and center and the entire US and world are hyper focused on battling this virus; are we engaged in a zero sum game scenario?
If this data is anywhere near accurate, why is it that hospitals were not in a critical situation previous or was it that the mortality was spread amongst different health departments that no single one was overwhelmed but in the case of CV-19, it alone would overwhelm any single hospital department with normal operations ongoing?
Lots to take away from this data and there could be a lag in CDC data even though they state it is 100% reporting, there could be modifications in future due to being overwhelmed.
Saving lives is definately important and this virus may have inadvertently saved more lives than have been lost on average in the same periods over the past few years for overall mortality, but damaged the economy during the same period.
These few months will be studied for years to come for sure.
EDIT: I will move the discussion point to new topic as this is only a positive news thread and I don't want to derail topic.