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

  • 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?

  • I would also say the opposite is ALSO true. Many deaths attributed to covid were likely not.

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