How many people have died of Covid-19? The answer, one might imagine, can be found at the ‘global dashboard’ updated hourly by Johns Hopkins University using publicly available data. Government departments and agencies supply much of the data. Most publish daily updates, such as the UK summary, and cumulative trackers such as that maintained by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The numbers are striking because they are large and presented out of their natural context. Although we are now familiar with the notion of excess deaths, how many of us know the usual annual number of deaths in our own countries?
Autism, Health, Education: Independent Research and Commentary
