Bad News tweet:

[applegrove]

Link to tweet

[Historic NY]

1. We had a jump in the number where I live because they basically only tagged an bagged..

in the beginning, nursing homes deaths were high and a number of the death were recorded as pneumonia, until the counts increased. I understand now there are also a number of cardiac related deaths and that was a by-product of the virus blood clotting. Will we ever know probably there is still lots of paper work not done, this isn't over until its over. The count is still moving up here, hospitalizations have slowed some.

[applegrove]

2. Very scary. Vibes to the lost souls and their families and friends. nt

[Historic NY]

4. I've lost a lot of acquaintances....

were burying one older lady we worked with tomorrow. Graveside, masks, social distancing.

[applegrove]

6. So sorry. I did not know people other than families were allowed to attend.

[Historic NY]

7. Its complicated...

its town employee's burying a retired town employee in a town operated cemetery.

[applegrove]

8. Oh okay. Vibes to them. Vibes to you. Vibes to the whole town. nt

[The Magistrate]

3. Most If Not All The Excess, Sir, Owe To the Virus

And would on proper testing post-mortem show this.

There could be some increase in deaths from other complaints, owing to reluctance to enter a hospital during a contagion, and other system congestion issue, on the other hand traffic deaths, a major cause of mortality, ought to be down appreciably.

[2naSalit]

10. +1

[Hortensis]

5. So states have been badly undercounting and policy decisions

at all levels made based on that. Grim, but I actually doubt that more accurate counts would have made any difference with this administration or in red states, where COVID lagged what was happening in the big cities.

This is what prompt action meant in the blue state struck first. That first spike is NY state with NYC, but that last, close to normal, is Washington State. If we'd acted nationally, WA would be normal.



One counts miss is Adrian Sokoloff, who'd just turned 99. His loving family suspected COVID but kept him home for fear he'd die alone in the hospital. One of many. RIP.

[Voltaire2]

9. Yeah the excess death stats are more accurate

and include deaths directly related to the pandemic but not necessarily caused by a covid infection in the victim.