stuart mcdonald
ActuaryByDay
There’s been a bit of an unpleasant and inaccurate narrative over recent days that the majority of COVID-19 deaths were people who were “at death’s door” in any case. That
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The CMI (continuous mortality investigation) has published its quarterly “Mortality Monitor” report.By calculating age-standardised mortality rates, this allows us to properly consider how 2020 mortality rates compare to recent years.
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We can use more recent data to break down the hospital deaths. Yesterday’s updated ICNARC report has 871 deaths in intensive care. That can be compared to yesterday’s DHRC total
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I am deeply skeptical about the headline conclusions from this new Oxford uni study. A more considered response will follow but brief thoughts now on why I don’t believe the
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