[FewsOrange]

I wish they would publish the total daily death rate and also include comparisons with prior months and years (death rates are higher in the winter than the summer)

[Hieronymus]

I wish they would publish the total daily death rate and also include comparisons with prior months and years (death rates are higher in the winter than the summer)

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That would be most helpful. At the same time, the thing is really, really complicated. As I understand it, in at least many places people are avoiding the hospitals which may mean both that people who would normally die in hospitals from something that is not CV would die at home, and perhaps some people who would not die if they went to the hospital are now dying at home.

Who does the counting, and even more importantly, how the counting is done, matters. When things are done consistently and explained, even if the manner chosen is weird, one has usable data. When the method of counting shifts, one has data that becomes largely useless. At least daily deaths should be fairly static in method of counting.

[zeestephen]

Re: Death Rates

The CDC tracks “Total USA Deaths” - “Pneumonia Deaths” - “Influenza Deaths” - on a spreadsheet each week.

Each category has dropped by a large amount in the last few weeks - at the same time, COVID-19 deaths have exploded.

It’s complex to get to those stats - they cover each week from 2013-2020.

(1) https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/pastreports.htm

(2) Click on “GO” to “Current Weekly Influenza Report”

(3) It’s a very long page - scroll almost to the bottom.

(4) Locate header “Pneumonia and Influenza (P&I) Mortality”

(5) Locate chart for “Pneumonia and Influenza (P&I) Mortality”

(6) Below the chart, click on “View Chart Data”

(7) Click on “OPEN” - the spreadsheet will appear in a new Window on your computer - there is no URL

(8) Column “F” is “All Deaths” - Column “G” is “Pneumonia Deaths” - Column “H” is “Influenza Deaths”