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Joo's avatar

6407 reported covid deaths / 3953 actual covid deaths, should be about 62% over reporting?

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Peter Imanuelsen's avatar

You are correct. It is actually 62% overreporting, I am updating the article.

I went with what the Finnish state media Yle said about 40% without realizing they had their math wrong. Thank you for pointing it out!

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Paul K's avatar

Hi Peter, I think it would be good if you showed your calculation in the article.

Because if people do the calculation wrongly like I did, theyтАЩll do this: 3953 / 6407 x 100 = 62%. People might just assume you got confused, and the over reporting should be 38%.

I just think it might help prevent an unnecessary distraction.

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Peter Imanuelsen's avatar

Finnish media Yle got confused lol

It is true that 38% OF the reported covid deaths didn't die of covid, but it is also true that there WAS a 62% overreporting.

Percentages can be hard sometimes, hence why I didn't immediately catch on to the fact that they reported it incorrectly.

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