Dan Ryan
Apr 22, 20201 min
Updated: May 6, 2020
Location - deaths that took place somewhere else than would normally be the case with normal exchange between home, hospitals and care homes.
Undiagnosed COVID-19 - deaths at home and in care homes that were most likely caused or worsened by COVID-19 but were either not tested or not confirmed so far from death registrations.
Missed interventions - deaths that might have been prevented normally but were not captured early enough or where treatment was interrupted.
Behavioural changes = some positive, some negative. Improved air quality and less traffic as against changed exercise patterns and the many dimensions of social confinement.
But understanding mortality is just the tip of the iceberg. The fog of COVID-19 has exposed our limited understanding as to the heterogeneity of our vulnerabilities, but also shines a bright light on the many information roadblocks that delay and prevent action. We are learning much. Just as well because this is only the "end of the beginning".