Editorial: “Excess deaths” is the best metric for tracking the pandemic.
7 Feb, 2022 | 08:54h | UTC“Excess deaths” is the best metric for tracking the pandemic – The BMJ
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If you want to track the pandemic and compare performance, then 'excess deaths' is the best metric. @_Nazrul_Islam explains.
For example, UK excess deaths have been running at higher than predicted levels since the middle of 2021.@bmj_latest https://t.co/fiMpk4tiIj pic.twitter.com/SKIvStmxm8
— Kamran Abbasi (@KamranAbbasi) February 4, 2022
The pandemic has far reaching effects—direct and indirect—beyond illnesses and deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2. Using the metric of excess deaths can help us to track this, argues @_Nazrul_Islam https://t.co/PzxgPbkqk0
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) February 4, 2022