Tag Archives: excess deaths

How much did Covid-19 change our risk of death?

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Sarah

When I looked at excess deaths before, I didn’t think to actually notice what the normal rates of death in each age group look like, and how comparable or otherwise the age distribution of covid deaths (or excess deaths) was … Continue reading →

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Should a forty-something woman in Scotland take the AstraZeneca vaccine?

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Sarah

A study published in the BMJ found that, among 18-65 year olds in Denmark and Norway who’d had the AstraZeneca vaccine (mostly healthcare workers), the rate of “excess” thromboembolic events (blood clots), i.e. ones that wouldn’t have been expected to … Continue reading →

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Covid pandemic, 9 months in

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Sarah

I’ve been looking back over my posts through this pandemic year, trying to make some sort of sense of where I stand after everything I’ve learned. Not that it really makes any difference what I think… but I like to … Continue reading →

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Pandemic deaths analysis

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Sarah

I did some analysis of deaths over this pandemic (because I’m morbid like that). I calculated expected “normal” deaths for every week of 2020, based on 10-year-average age-specific death rates for each specific week of the year applied to the … Continue reading →

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