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My usual way to do a post is to go chronologically, building up from a base, and working toward a conclusion.
I’m going to give you my conclusions first, and then, if you’re interested, you can read how I got there.
I have shown this...
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Let’s take a look at U.S. COVID mortality, and some other COVID-related issues.
Using data from the CDC, the official (provisional) COVID death count is 204,613 as of 16 October 2020.
With total deaths of 2,226,473 recorded...
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Here’s this week’s round-up of COVID-related stories, including one that popped up that I really didn’t expect, but once I read about it, found it depressingly familiar.
I will start with that story after a high-level review of current COVID mortality.
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The Actuarial Outpost seems really most sincerely dead, so I’m continuing my news round-ups on my favorite themes. Today’s theme is COVID. I had some of this post in draft for over two months. Every time I think about this, I get angry, and... by meep
While we wait to hear of Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, here are prior posts I did on Supreme Court mortality. That’s background... by meep
People who have been reading me for a long time know that I like to keep a record on the Actuarial Outpost, but that site’s nameservers seem to have gotten hijacked by a domain-squatting operation. I know one workaround: go directly to their IP address of 204.232.242.165. I... by meep
The last post depressed me so much, I’d rather write about something happier: COVID mortality. The “Only 6% of COVID deaths were really COVID deaths!” myth has been going around, based on the fact that the... by meep
As I mentioned in my prior post, for this week, as it looks like I have new readers, I want to give y’all a little taste of the themes on this blog. Today’s is mortality. By the way, the “twin” substack post for this is highly pared down. ... by meep
I have loads of COVID-related mortality to lay on y’all, and no, I’m not doing a video (yet). It is much faster for me to write an extremely long post than to get a video together. So a post it is. by meep
Before I jump into this, I miss the days where I could figure out numbers about “suspicious” Dominican deaths. Or suspicious deaths of Russian men. Man, those were the days. So let’s get to it… …um, prepare to count the deadCovid Round-Up: Nursing Homes, Mortality Rates, Herd Immunity, and More
Nursing home deaths in New York
Mortality with Meep: On increasing life expectancy and the Supreme Court
Quick note on Actuarial Outpost and New Mortality Video
Mortality with Meep: Were COVID Deaths Grossly Overcounted?
Latest COVID mortality myth: that COVID deaths were something else
Mortality with Meep: Retrospective on Mortality Trends (and a wee bit about COVID)
Mortality with Meep: U.S. Excess Deaths Related to Covid Update to August 27, 2020
The current shape of mortality in the United States
Mortality with Meep: On Florida COVID Deaths and Reporting Lag
Looking at Florida...
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