from Hacker News

Many excess deaths attributed to natural causes are uncounted Covid-19 deaths

by belltaco on 2/8/24, 12:06 AM with 10 comments

  • by bazil376 on 2/8/24, 12:45 AM

    As an anecdote, my grandmother was in a nursing home that went on lockdown. She was stuck in her room all day. Developed a blood clot in her leg from sitting constantly and that killed her. Pretty hard to attribute that to COVID but… I kind of do?
  • by johng on 2/8/24, 12:27 AM

    I would also say the opposite is ALSO true. Many deaths attributed to covid were likely not.
  • by thebruce87m on 2/8/24, 5:04 PM

    The economist has been tracking this for a while: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-...