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Originally Posted by haertig
Probably due in part to masks, in part to incorrectly attributing some deaths to covid when they were actually flu. Other causes of death have fallen since covid started. I think this may be more of a data collection/reporting issue rather than a true decline in those other causes of death. It is the discussion we've all heard about, "died WITH covid vs. died OF covid".
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I am getting somewhat tired of that "died WITH covid vs. died OF covid" comments. The number of urban myths such as people who died in traffic accidents were supposedly listed as Covid deaths with no supporting facts seem to be rather prevalent.
OTOH, looking at 2020, the number of deaths from non-Covid related causes did not decrease according to most of the studies I've seen. From one study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the only demographic that showed a drop in deaths was females between ages 5 and 14. Another story in the New York Times from Dec. 2020 that was headlined
2020 Was Especially Deadly. Covid Wasn’t the Only Culprit. though as the story says, some of those deaths may have been due to Covid-19 being misdiagnosed. While finding stories and studies suggesting the the number of deaths due to non-Covid-19 causes was higher than normal, finding a somewhat reliable source suggesting the opposite was the low calorie option.
So stating that there was a decline in deaths due to other causes seems to be a statement at variance with reality.