A few articles last week argued that overall deaths increased, proving Corona devastation. Latest data (linked) shows that increased scrutiny/urgency to report caused “front-loading” of mortality data, hence the precipitous drop in expected deaths this week and likely for a few weeks/months going forward.
What do you thin of this part though that the data could be delayed?
It says this at the top:
Note: Provisional death counts are based on death certificate data received and coded by the National Center for Health Statistics as of May 1, 2020. Death counts are delayed and may differ from other published sources (see Technical Notes). Counts will be updated periodically. Additional information will be added to this site as available.
A few articles last week argued that overall deaths increased, proving Corona devastation. Latest data (linked) shows that increased scrutiny/urgency to report caused “front-loading” of mortality data, hence the precipitous drop in expected deaths this week and likely for a few weeks/months going forward.
What do you thin of this part though that the data could be delayed?
It says this at the top: