Originally Posted by
Chronic Snoozer
Yes the obsession with deaths and cases is distracting. In the meantime noone has mentioned the 415 deaths in the first three months of the year due to influenza and pneumonia. At some point COVID deaths will become just another paragraph in this list.
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/he...latest-release
Possibly no one has mentioned it because they show a marked improvement on previous years.
As always, read the details (per your link).
Influenza- There has not been a death certified due to influenza since late July 2020.
Pneumonia- The number of deaths due to pneumonia has been largely below average since late April 2020.
- Between January and March 2021, deaths due to pneumonia were 84 (16.8%) below the 2015-19 average and 148 deaths (26.3%) below the same point in 2020.
So, zero in the Influenza deaths column and 148 fewer deaths from Pneumonia column when compared to the previous year. Form your own views as to what might be contributing to those outcomes.