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Originally Posted by jacksonbrown
Surprisingly, the deaths of older people stayed the same before and after COVID-19. Since COVID-19 mainly affects the elderly, experts expected an increase in the percentage of deaths in older age groups. However, this increase is not seen from the CDC data. In fact, the percentages of deaths among all age groups remain relatively the same.
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Interesting. The jhunewsletter article claims a steady 62K deaths per week from 2/1 through 9/5. This
CDC MMWR report shows the graph we've seen all along with excess deaths (>62K) beginning near the week ending 3/28, peaking at 80K the week of 4/11, and continuing through September.
How can these to datasets be so different and which one is correct?