Posted on 04/08/2020 12:53:13 PM PDT by grundle
Year-to-date statistics show excess mortality lower than previous years
he official figures for 24 countries across Europe show, not only that overall mortality is not increasing, but – so far – it is actually well below recent averages.
The statistics were gathered by the European Monitoring of Excess Mortality for Public Health Action (EuroMOMO), an international partnership of agencies from 24 European nations aiming to promote preparedness for public health emergencies.
They track “excess mortality”, meaning the number of officially recorded deaths vs the average death rate.
We recommend you check their website, where each country is broken down by age demographics. Today, we’re focusing on their maps.
Here is the map showing Europe’s excess mortality for Week 12 of 2020 (19th-25th March):
As you can see, currently, the vast majority of Europe shows “no excess”. That means deaths are either at or below expected levels. Italy is the one obvious exception. But note it is only on “high”, not “very high”.
Is it possible that COVID-19 merely took all of the sick and elderly who were destined to die in 2020 anyway and compressed their passing to within a period of weeks?
If that theory is true we’ll eventually know. There will be a drop in overall death rates later this year, with a corresponding drop in a curve on a graph.
Death is a very fungible thing, like water in a swimming pool. Take a bucket out here, pour it back in over there. At the end of the day not much has changed.
Thank you for not stealing this material and sticking it on your blog.
When people are under Marshal law, they are less likely to be out and about getting killed in all manner of ways.
It’s certainly cutting down on traffic accidents.
What? Total U.S. Deaths DOWN 10% In March From Prior Years, Further Raising Question Of COVID Impact
I’ve proposed a few weeks ago that we’ll probably not have any different death rate....seasonal flu and pneumonia deaths are done, taking their place is the covid....
If that were the case, wouldn't total deaths through March be up rather than down?
Damn, looks like the DEATH DEFICIT is rolling through Europe also.
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