On 27/02/2021 14:50, bert wrote:
In article , alan_m
writes
On 25/02/2021 22:31, Fredxx wrote:

Hence why excess deaths also became a useful indicator for the spread
ofÂ* Covid.

Surely excess deaths to measure of covid deaths is only meaningful if
the rest of the NHS was working the same way as in previous years?Â* If
there is a much reduced healthcare for other conditions the figure
could be expected to rise accordingly.

Indeed. Any method of measurement which influences what you are
measuring soon become valueless. That's why voltmeters have high impedance.

Which is why you make multiple measurements using different methods to
cross check the results.

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Cheers,

John.

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