Hello Bj”rn,

 LL>> More accurate would be to say the person died of complications
 LL>> due to COVID-19, rather than of COVID-19 itself.

 BF> More accurate would be to keep records of how many excessive deaths you
 BF> have, compared to any other, normal year. That's what we do in Sweden.

I posted the numbers of the USA versus the numbers of Sweden,
comparing the two side by side. Note the difference with the USA
being shown as having a 3.0% death rate vs Sweden being shown
as having a 6.8% death rate.

The way the mortality death rate is calculated by each country
is the difference. Had the USA used Sweden's method, the mortality
death rate would have been closer to 6.8% rather than 3.0%

 BF> Of course it means that we seem to have a lot of deaths, but at least we
 BF> think we can contribute them properly.

Stats do not change the number of deaths. How deaths are counted
are a whole new ball game.

 BF> As our chief expert said: we only have the true numbers many years away
from
 BF> now...

Spanish Flu.
Day 1 - contract the flu
Day 2 - dead

COVID-19
Week 1 - everything fine
Week 2 - everything fine
Week 3 - no taste or smell
Week 4 - gag, cough, phlegm
Week 5 - pushing up daisies

--Lee

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