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53. We were thinking the same anatomical...shortcoming.

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CDC Releases Detailed National Excess Death Data [View all] ffr May 2020 OP

Other countries are trying to keep deaths very low or not at all . . . Iliyah May 2020 #1

While we have the joy have having the most total deaths, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #18

And lying about the numbers to keep criticism muted. mpcamb May 2020 #45

Who, or what countries are you referring to about lying PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #46

If you're not testing dead people (and they're not!) you're getting low numbers. mpcamb May 2020 #47

Still not sure which country or countries you are referencing, but PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #48

Someone at CDC Better Get His or Her Resume Updated Stallion May 2020 #2

It sounds, from the OP, like this is new today. Igel May 2020 #3

It is new today. LisaL May 2020 #4

That was my first thought. Trump is going to be furious! BComplex May 2020 #8

Right? I wasn't expecting this data for a couple more months. AtheistCrusader May 2020 #12

What doesn't cause a rage tweet? CaptYossarian May 2020 #16

Well, he is suffering from SPS. n/t ahoysrcsm May 2020 #50

Please, don't let that be Stiff Person Syndrome. CaptYossarian May 2020 #51

Small... Something... Something... ahoysrcsm May 2020 #52

We were thinking the same anatomical...shortcoming. CaptYossarian May 2020 #53

That's 21,456 excess deaths in the week; for comparison, England and Wales had 7,996 excess deaths muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #5

I was ready to post the same. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #13

In looking at the graphic NewJeffCT May 2020 #6

Flu - about 61,000 muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #9

And yet the excess deaths during that time were only about 15,000. Squinch May 2020 #14

If Flu is already built into the model NewJeffCT May 2020 #17

Here's a very interesting article from Scientific American. There's a problem with the CDC numbers. Squinch May 2020 #30

Not absurd when you remember that flu strikes every year & part of the baseline compared against Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #19

Here's a very interesting article from Scientific American. There's a problem with the CDC numbers. Squinch May 2020 #31

But we are not comparing covid numbers to flu numbers. That's not what these CDC numbers are Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #35

Read the rest of the article. There is a problem with the CDC flu numbers. Squinch May 2020 #37

I read the damn article, duh. That's how I know the SciAm article is about FLU NUMBERS, as I said Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #39

A. Calm yourself. B. You entered a sub-thread conversation about CDC flu numbers between Squinch May 2020 #41

The peak weeks marked in the TPM graph were about 17,000 muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #27

Here's a very interesting article from Scientific American. There's a problem with the CDC numbers. Squinch May 2020 #32

I do apologise. I assumed the figures given by the end of the season were based on what happened muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #33

I think we ALL thought that. I was flabbergasted by what this article reveals. Squinch May 2020 #34

FWIW, the European 'seasonal deaths attributed to flu' also come from a model muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #44

The OP and the article are about two different things. Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Squinch May 2020 #38

The explanation for the extra deaths in a past year brought up the subject of Squinch May 2020 #40

You posted about EXCESS DEATHS and THEN you said the CDC numbers were wrong Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #42

Have a lovely day, Bernardo! Squinch May 2020 #43

H3N2 flu DeminPennswoods May 2020 #23

Fuck RandySF May 2020 #7

Yeah. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #26

That works out to about 125,000 deaths in April above normal unblock May 2020 #10

You can't extrapolate one week over all weeks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #20

sure i can, i just did ;) unblock May 2020 #21

Okay, I'll play. You can't extrapolate meaningfully one week over all weeks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #22

not sure what you're playing at. unblock May 2020 #24

Well, if you look at the data, the other weeks in April don't support your extrapolation Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #25

well that's more useful than just saying i can't extrapolate. unblock May 2020 #28

Hey there are a couple of countries that gab13by13 May 2020 #11

Best science. Cool. mjvpi May 2020 #15

Of course it works, that is why everything is opening back up. BigmanPigman May 2020 #29

God this is like if Skynet had been deployed Initech May 2020 #49