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Short follow up (in German), reasons why the numbers are so low in Germany: morgenpost.de/vermischtes/ar… People aren't tested post mortem, so those who die and are undiagnosed don't enter the statistics.

Coronavirus-Tote: Sterben in Deutschland weniger daran?

In Deutschland liegt die Sterblichkeitsrate von Corona-Infizierten bei 0,22 Prozent. Und woanders? Da ist sie deutlich höher. Was dahinter steckt und...

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Mar 21, 2020 · 10:29

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One thing that came up in discussions was how small the number of Corona related fatalities in Germa...

Mar 19, 2020 · 23:12

This is based on the data from https://t.co/SL1w4mTnk5

Mar 19, 2020 · 23:12

I can understand that the mortality rate goes up in places like China because new infections go down...

Mar 19, 2020 · 23:13

You could also argue that you can see when the health system in Italy was at capacity and mortality ...

Mar 19, 2020 · 23:14

Still, the differences are so huge, they don't make a lot of sense and (I suspect) rather point to h...

Mar 19, 2020 · 23:15

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