February 20, 2024
Did we overcount COVID deaths?
Data and Metrics Data Literacy Infectious DiseasesJennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
No. In the US, we likely undercounted COVID deaths. A common refrain during the pandemic was that people were dying “with” rather than “of” COVID. The implication was that our official statistics were wrong and we were overstating the true danger of the pandemic. As we wrote about way back in 2020, data nerds like Read more…
No. In the US, we likely undercounted COVID deaths. A common refrain during the pandemic was that people were dying “with” rather than “of” COVID. The implication was that our official statistics were wrong and we were overstating the true danger of the pandemic. As we wrote about way back in 2020, data nerds like Read more…