news about elevated death rates is leaking out
news about elevated death rates is leaking out and we're running out of excuses to deflect blame el gato malo you’re probably not going to see a great deal about this in the US press, but it’s starting to leak out in places like the UK where the hand in glove aspect of mainstream media and state is not quite as complete. we are, however, still mired in ideas of “unexplained” which feels like a bit of a figleaf and media and state alike are grasping around for “reasons” that are not too damaging for narrative. and easy early one onto which to latch is “lockdowns did this” and treating it as some sort of hangover effect. the argument largely goes like this: and while there is likely some truth to it, this explanation does not seem terribly satisfactory. you can certainly increase deaths by swamping care and preventing early detection of risks, but it does not generate this kind of rise in overall mortality. these claims are associative, but lack any clear linkage. it feels lik...