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In response to "My conspiracy theorist thinks states are being overly cautious about (a) attributing deaths to COVID ,(b) reporting them (and what date)" by JaxSean

If what you're saying were statistically significant, it would spike the overall state number, and consequently the overall U.S death total as well.

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Jun 8 '20, 09:03

Sites like Johns Hopkins and worldmeters usually will explain those corrections in text.

I have no doubt overall deaths for COVID19 are underreported here and worldwide, but I also have no doubt the trends are coming down in the U.S.

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I'm sure the numbers as a whole are coming down, but that really reflects the original hot spots and extended quarantine and social distancing there. - pmb Jun 8, 09:39 3
- I'd be curious to see how much they actually go up by. So many of the darkest "the whole state is going to die" predictions have not come to pass and - JackDawson Jun 8, 09:44 2
  - Yes, "the everyone is going to die" prediction thankfully turned out to be only rhetorical hyperbole and not an accurate prediction. -- nm* - znufrii, silly old man Jun 8, 10:00
  - Yes. I think flareups are more likely and I do think the summer makes a big difference. Outside is less likely to transmit, and these gatherings are - pmb Jun 8, 09:54
I agree, but there are some oddities in the (FL) data that I'd like to know about. - JaxSean Jun 8, 09:39 [Attachment]
Wait a second, this is America. When science and data don’t fit our political narratives we shed them aside, didn’t you know that?! -- nm - JackDawson Jun 8, 09:19

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If what you're saying were statistically significant, it would spike the overall state number, and consequently the overall U.S death total as well.

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