# Why hasn't the media rubbed our noses in COVID deaths? It might be the thing that saves us

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**Created:** [November 27, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-the-media-rubbed-our-noses-in-covid-deaths-it-might-be-the-thing-that-saves-us/926555 "2020-11-27T05:43:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![FigNorton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fignorton/32/5619_2.png) [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-the-media-rubbed-our-noses-in-covid-deaths-it-might-be-the-thing-that-saves-us/926555/154 "2020-12-04T18:45:46Z")

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Really now? Here’s you analyzing the data from last flu season:

> [@US excess deaths in 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-excess-deaths-in-2020/920183/23):
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> From a total-death standpoint, weeks 1 through 7 look not terribly bad, though still 738 per weeks on average higher than the average of the prior six years. The five weeks after that get pretty bad, though – and interestingly, the twelve weeks before look pretty terrible. You appear to have a relatively mild bit of excess – but still excess, no doubt at that, over the average, even if actually lower in number than three of those years – for the first seven weeks of 2020, with some pretty serious looking damage surrounding it.

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