News Round-Up
8 May 2024
For the third time the Australian Senate voted down an inquiry into the nation’s high excess mortality today. Every Covid death mattered, but suddenly the politicians don't want to know what's killing thousands of people.
NYC's death toll in the first Covid wave was unusually high. Many blame the ventilator panic. However, new analysis shows that ventilators cannot be held responsible for more than a fifth of the deaths that spring.
Use of palliative care drugs like midazolam skyrocketed to more than twice their usual levels during the first Covid wave, prompting speculation about their role in causing avoidable deaths.
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