Mon May 11, 2020, 11:18 AM

What are we to think?

Over the last month I have been reading reports from all over the world of under reporting the death toll. I linked a Huff Post piece below, however, a quick Google search will show you many more.

Have we begun to see it happening here, right now, as states open up to more infections? How is it possible the death toll would be going down? Using google.com/covid19/map as my reference for US deaths here are the reported US deaths over the last 5 days:

5-7 2,558
5-8 1,976
5-9 1,623
5-10 1,496
5-11 878

Something doesn't seem right to me. Should I be happy about the trend or distrustful?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/heres-why-the-coronavirus-death-toll-is-likely-underreported_n_5eb43438c5b646b73d294966
https://news.google.com/covid19/map?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
What are we to think? (Original post)	FreeWheatForever	May 2020	OP
i'm distrustful	rampartc	May 2020	#1
Excess Deaths will tell the truer toll. . . . nt	Bernardo de La Paz	May 2020	#4
the actuaries won't release that number until after trump's reelection.	rampartc	May 2020	#5
Nope. Data already available, including USA (NYC):	Bernardo de La Paz	May 2020	#7
Cases are up daily here and we're only testing those who go to the hospital.	onecaliberal	May 2020	#2
Governor of Floriduh Donald Trump Junior	gibraltar72	May 2020	#3
I was distrustful at the time of my birth. Now, 71 years, later I see no reason to change that basic	abqtommy	May 2020	#6
Give it 2 weeks.	Squinch	May 2020	#8
+1. "Death" is what I think they call a "lagging indicator"	JustABozoOnThisBus	May 2020	#9

Response to FreeWheatForever (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2020, 11:23 AM

rampartc (3,220 posts)

1. i'm distrustful

the rwnjs were complaining that if a guy with covid dies of pneumonia it gets counted against trump's numbers. i think cases like that are now being counted as pneumonia.

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Mon May 11, 2020, 11:49 AM

Bernardo de La Paz (36,898 posts)