tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1117936843435536573..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Excess Mortality, A Few StatesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-48531413161149634392021-08-04T14:53:58.726-04:002021-08-04T14:53:58.726-04:00I'm not all that partisan but I have learned t...I'm not all that partisan but I have learned to distrust any numbers coming out of any blue state, district, bureaucracy. Thank you NY, NYC, Philly, and the CDC.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-14780806820779223592021-08-03T07:52:49.070-04:002021-08-03T07:52:49.070-04:00Here’s a map showing excess mortality across the U...Here’s a map showing excess mortality across the U.S.<br />https://cdn.wfpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Excess-Deaths.jpg<br /><br />The associated article has a discussion about the causes of the undercount in Kentucky.<br />https://wfpl.org/ky-has-one-of-the-highest-excess-death-rates-in-us-amid-pandemic/Zachrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081260898264733380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-77351094914247996572021-08-02T21:15:18.862-04:002021-08-02T21:15:18.862-04:00Yes, both Covid and excess mortality numbers are r...Yes, both Covid and excess mortality numbers are reported, and the states have different rules about that. One has to dig in - and I usually am content to let others do that.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-78493524463903214832021-08-02T21:07:25.980-04:002021-08-02T21:07:25.980-04:00Gotcha. I just assumed it wasn't CDC data base...Gotcha. I just assumed it wasn't CDC data based on the mention of CDC numbers in the beginning of the second paragraph. Thanks!<br />Deevshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03929505847502292412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-56970055114096499692021-08-02T20:56:48.072-04:002021-08-02T20:56:48.072-04:00I believe it is pulled painfully by hand from the ...I believe it is pulled painfully by hand from the CDC website. I didn't do it myself, but I will check. But yes, the numbers are total for the entire course of the pandemic.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-75310906121742687182021-08-02T20:25:06.403-04:002021-08-02T20:25:06.403-04:00Your first paragraph wasn't clear to me at fir...Your first paragraph wasn't clear to me at first. I thought when you wrote TN and AZ were "up" so many deaths, you meant they had that many excess deaths in the past two months. Now I see that's just a comparison to MA as it currently stands. I'm assuming these are excess deaths since the start of the pandemic, correct? Could you link me the source for the data?<br />Deevshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03929505847502292412noreply@blogger.com