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Excess Deaths Methodology Papers
In the studies below we analyse the dangers and pitfalls of using the standard measures for excess deaths and how they can lead to misguided policy decisions. In addition, we propose an alternative way of computing excess deaths based upon computing excess death rates instead of excess deaths.
We show that using prior N-year average of deaths as baseline (method 1) is inappropriate in estimating excess mortality. The volatility of the changes in deaths as well as the problem of age group populations oscillating over time, makes this measurement inaccurate, leading to severe biases. This could then lead to misguided assessments and consequently erroneous policy actions.
Death rates tend to decline over time, for a given population age cohort, as living conditions have generally been improving since after the Second World War (with some exceptions). Estimating excess mortality by computing excess death rates obtains a much clearer signal, this is, a much more accurate estimate for excess mortality. This is because changes in death rates do not trend upwards and downwards over time and are much less volatile from year-to-year than changes in deaths.
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
a reply to: MykeNukem
Yeah, the better you break down data into demographics and apply it to like data the more informative it is.
I mentioned it in a post yesterday that is probably TLDR for most people about studies on COVID almost all being manipulated to suit the narrative. Demographic manipulation through clustering, nonsensical breakdowns, or skewing the risk using dissimilar groups are some of the common ways they're doing it. You add that, low certainty being peddled as absolute truth, and broad conclusions about its meaning, you get results that defy even casual observation of the real world.
It's not really new, but it's just finally able to start breaking through the censorship and getting to normies that think scientific studies are all legit because they're coming from official sources with the appearance of being academic.
Anything making it to the news owned by the big six corporate conglomerates should be considered cherry-picked junk unless you review the studies they base their claims on.
Death rates tend to decline over time, for a given population age cohort, as living conditions have generally been improving since after the Second World War (with some exceptions). Estimating excess mortality by computing excess death rates obtains a much clearer signal, this is, a much more accurate estimate for excess mortality. This is because changes in death rates do not trend upwards and downwards over time and are much less volatile from year-to-year than changes in deaths.
originally posted by: MykeNukem
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
a reply to: MykeNukem
Yeah, the better you break down data into demographics and apply it to like data the more informative it is.
I mentioned it in a post yesterday that is probably TLDR for most people about studies on COVID almost all being manipulated to suit the narrative. Demographic manipulation through clustering, nonsensical breakdowns, or skewing the risk using dissimilar groups are some of the common ways they're doing it. You add that, low certainty being peddled as absolute truth, and broad conclusions about its meaning, you get results that defy even casual observation of the real world.
It's not really new, but it's just finally able to start breaking through the censorship and getting to normies that think scientific studies are all legit because they're coming from official sources with the appearance of being academic.
Anything making it to the news owned by the big six corporate conglomerates should be considered cherry-picked junk unless you review the studies they base their claims on.
Thanks for that explanation, K.
I read what you post, related to Covid, but I only process maybe 50% before my eyes gloss over, lol.
Luckily, 50% is enough for me to get the jest.
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: Ksihkehe
In order for what you are saying to be true...
Explain this to me.?
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: Ksihkehe
In order for what you are saying to be true...
Explain this to me.?
I think this abstract probably explains everything anybody needs to know about your question.
....
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: Ksihkehe
In order for what you are saying to be true...
Explain this to me.?
I think this abstract probably explains everything anybody needs to know about your question.
It actually adds broad context to virtually all of your posts on this topic over the past three years.
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
a reply to: MykeNukem
Yeah, the better you break down data into demographics and apply it to like data the more informative it is.
I mentioned it in a post yesterday that is probably TLDR for most people about studies on COVID almost all being manipulated to suit the narrative. Demographic manipulation through clustering, nonsensical breakdowns, or skewing the risk using dissimilar groups are some of the common ways they're doing it. You add that, low certainty being peddled as absolute truth, and broad conclusions about its meaning, you get results that defy even casual observation of the real world.
It's not really new, but it's just finally able to start breaking through the censorship and getting to normies that think scientific studies are all legit because they're coming from official sources with the appearance of being academic.
Anything making it to the news owned by the big six corporate conglomerates should be considered cherry-picked junk unless you review the studies they base their claims on.
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: Ksihkehe
In order for what you are saying to be true...
Explain this to me.?
I think this abstract probably explains everything anybody needs to know about your question.
It actually adds broad context to virtually all of your posts on this topic over the past three years.
Death rates tend to decline over time, for a given population age cohort,
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: Ksihkehe
In order for what you are saying to be true...
Explain this to me.?
I think this abstract probably explains everything anybody needs to know about your question.
It actually adds broad context to virtually all of your posts on this topic over the past three years.
And yet in the past 3 years you've not actually been able to come with a single explanation of where or how I'm wrong. You simply make statements and then never back them up.
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
originally posted by: nugget1
I was trying to keep an open mind until congress exempted themselves from being vaccinated. That sealed the deal for me; it wasn't ever about health or saving lives.
That was purely to avoid conflict with anti vax republicans.
Almost all of the Democrats were vaxxed already, so the Democrats excempted others from something that the had already done themselves in order to prevent it from becoming yet another partisan issue.
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: NormalGuyCrazyWorld
If you read the website that this originates on you'll see that they don't use any of the standard models for estimating mortality rates, instead they use an extremely poorly defined methodology of their own devising that effectively eliminates most known historic data and trends in favor of an extremely narrowly defined curve that even a casual observer will tell you covers almost exclusively with the pandemic.
In effect, they're comparing an average year to a period of high social and economic stress.
Then there's this little jem.
Death rates tend to decline over time, for a given population age cohort, as living conditions have generally been improving since after the Second World War (with some exceptions). Estimating excess mortality by computing excess death rates obtains a much clearer signal, this is, a much more accurate estimate for excess mortality. This is because changes in death rates do not trend upwards and downwards over time and are much less volatile from year-to-year than changes in deaths.
TLDR: They're wrong.
If you take a look at this link you will see that there has been an upward trend in poverty, drug use, obesity, alcohol abuse.
The trends that they are tracking aren't new, and they aren't even due to covid, they're a decade old and are due to increases in poverty, in particular poverty in what used to be middle income blue collar communities due to increases in automation and a loss of manufacturing to oversea companies, and a transition to service based economy that offers fewer economic opportunities to the blue collar sectors.