Omegapoint
214 posts, incept 2020-12-26
2021-05-02 11:30:39
Am I reading the "odd shit killed you" chart correctly?
The 2020-2021 Wk 15 line is an adjustment of the 2020-2021 Wk 13 line after some deaths have been recategorized, which is the reason why the 2020-2021 Wk 15 line is lower than than the 2020-2021 Wk 13 line.
The fact that neither the 2020-2021 Wk 13 nor the 2020-2021 Wk 15 lines are even remotely at the same level as 2019 since around the end of 2020, even after some adjustments, indicates some "unknown" cause is killing more people than observed and recorded in past years. Or, has this chart always had a spike in the more recent weeks only to level out as deaths get recategorized later in the year (In this case, it seems it normally takes several months to recategorization deaths)?