• Tuuktuuk@nord.pub
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    7 days ago

    Also, when a share of the people die on the way to the hospital, the least healthy ones get culled from the the statistics. Some of the people why die into ambulances in USA would die in the hospital in Germany.

    The multiplier of 1,5 can therefore also tell about a lot of people dying because of ambulances being stuck in traffic jams. Only the healthiest will make it to the hospital.

    • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
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      6 days ago

      That was actually accounted for by the study. The study was looking for differences in reporting between Germany and the US and if/how they are relevant