COVID-19's impact on mortality has been small relative to pre-existing differences within Europe
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Consider the chart below, which compares deaths from week 10 of 2020 to week 3 of 2021 to deaths over the same period in the previous year. (Rather than taking deaths from week 10 of 2019 to week 3 of 2020, I added the deaths for weeks 1–3 from 2019 to the total for weeks 10–52. I also added deaths in week 52 again because 2020 had 53 weeks. This was done to allow for an ongoing comparison between 2020–21 and the previous year. I stopped in week 3 of 2021 to allow for reporting delays.) Both totals were divided by the number of
COVID-19's impact on mortality has been small relative to pre-existing differences within Europe
COVID-19's impact on mortality has been small…
COVID-19's impact on mortality has been small relative to pre-existing differences within Europe
Consider the chart below, which compares deaths from week 10 of 2020 to week 3 of 2021 to deaths over the same period in the previous year. (Rather than taking deaths from week 10 of 2019 to week 3 of 2020, I added the deaths for weeks 1–3 from 2019 to the total for weeks 10–52. I also added deaths in week 52 again because 2020 had 53 weeks. This was done to allow for an ongoing comparison between 2020–21 and the previous year. I stopped in week 3 of 2021 to allow for reporting delays.) Both totals were divided by the number of