• Excess deaths - they are still here

    From Gordon@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 11 01:59:12 2023
    Excess deaths are still happening

    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other people.Excess deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It does seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to Gordon on Thu May 11 14:57:28 2023
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    Excess deaths are still happening

    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other people.Excess deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It does >seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by
    Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess
    deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other
    countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu May 11 05:30:18 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other people.Excess >>deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It does >>seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by
    Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess
    deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other
    countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Thu May 11 20:57:21 2023
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other people.Excess >>>deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It does >>>seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by
    Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess
    deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other
    countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu May 11 20:41:50 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other people.Excess >>>>deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It does >>>>seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by
    Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess
    deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an >>>area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody elses.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Fri May 12 10:21:13 2023
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other people.Excess >>>>>deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess
    deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an >>>>area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic. >>>You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody elses. There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess
    deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a
    long time without any controversy.

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  • From greybeard@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 12 11:18:45 2023
    On 11/05/23 20:57, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    Excess deaths are still happening

    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other people.Excess >>>> deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by
    Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess
    deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other
    countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .


    Report is two years old. Dismissed by me. Propaganda.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Fri May 12 01:03:17 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other people.Excess >>>>>>deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It >>>>>>does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an >>>>>area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic. >>>>You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody elses. >There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess
    deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a
    long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy questionable and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this?

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 12 14:14:22 2023
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 11:18:45 +1200, greybeard <nobody@nowhere.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 11/05/23 20:57, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    Excess deaths are still happening

    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other people.Excess >>>>> deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by
    Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess
    deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other
    countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .


    Report is two years old. Dismissed by me. Propaganda.

    Try this one then - it gives cumulative totals of excess deaths https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    New Zealand and to a slightly less extent Australia benefitted from
    good lock-downs that reduced for example road deaths as well as
    keeping covid deaths very low.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Fri May 12 14:18:24 2023
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other people.Excess >>>>>>>deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It >>>>>>>does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an >>>>>>area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic. >>>>>You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article . >>>>. .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody elses. >>There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess
    deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a
    long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to >believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this?

    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken
    relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many
    winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have
    expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor
    performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in
    government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Fri May 12 05:00:26 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It >>>>>>>>does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an >>>>>>>area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic. >>>>>>You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article . >>>>>. .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody elses. >>>There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess
    deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a
    long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to >>believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this?

    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken
    relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many
    winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have
    expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor
    performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in
    government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines as much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is questionable.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Fri May 12 22:30:37 2023
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It >>>>>>>>>does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an >>>>>>>>area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic. >>>>>>>You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article . >>>>>>. .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to >>>believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this?

    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many
    winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in
    government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines as >much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from
    covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on
    previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again
    as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines
    should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different countries are not the same.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Fri May 12 21:28:20 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. >>>>>>>>>>It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an >>>>>>>>>area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic. >>>>>>>>You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article . >>>>>>>. .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to >>>>believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this?

    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in
    government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines as >>much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from
    covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on
    previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again
    as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines
    should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Sat May 13 10:21:15 2023
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. >>>>>>>>>>>It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>>>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an >>>>>>>>>>area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article . >>>>>>>>. .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to >>>>>believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this?

    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on
    previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again
    as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines
    should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears
    that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK
    about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced
    -2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now
    experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period
    to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate
    numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu
    has done well . . .)

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Sat May 13 00:28:23 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. >>>>>>>>>>>>It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>>>>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article . >>>>>>>>>. .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to >>>>>>believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this?

    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines >>>>as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on
    previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again
    as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines
    should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears
    that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK
    about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced
    -2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period
    to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate
    numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist >(hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu
    has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no excess deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Sat May 13 19:58:34 2023
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>>>>>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>>>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to >>>>>>>believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines >>>>>as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on
    previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines
    should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears
    that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK
    about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced
    -2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period
    to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate
    numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu
    has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no excess >deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I >suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries,
    they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous
    post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based
    on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an
    increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country
    comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a
    better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of
    inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Sat May 13 21:44:52 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is however >>>>>>>>>>>>>an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article >>>>>>>>>>>.
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>>>>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal >>>>>>>>to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears
    that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period
    to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu
    has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no excess >>deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I >>suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries,
    they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous
    post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual >mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based
    on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an
    increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to >https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country >comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a
    better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of >inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226
    Please carry on with such silly nonsense.
    The fact is our reported or assumed figures appear to be muich lower than we would expect on the basis of other countries experience. I, and anybody who cares, would like to see someone satisfactorily explain that. Can you?

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Sun May 14 01:58:04 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 21:44:52 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>however
    an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this >>>>>>>>>>>>>article
    .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not >>>>>>>>>>>>somebody
    elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the >>>>>>>>>>>ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal >>>>>>>>>>to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332, >>>>>Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no >>>>excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As >>>>I
    suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries, >>>they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous >>>post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual >>>mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based
    on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an >>>increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to >>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country >>>comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a >>>better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of >>>inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226
    Please carry on with such silly nonsense.
    The fact is our reported or assumed figures appear to be muich lower than we >>would expect on the basis of other countries experience. I, and anybody who >>cares, would like to see someone satisfactorily explain that. Can you?

    The answer is of course deaths from Covid.
    to the table above I have added total confirmed deaths per million
    population from here: >https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/rate-confirmed-cases-vs-rate-confirmed-deaths?tab=table

    Excess Dths/Mil Covid Deaths/Mil
    New Zealand 5 490
    Australia 112 752 Canada
    144 1,321
    Norway 151 965
    Sweden 176 2,248
    France 226 2,495 United Kingdom
    332 3,279
    United States 402 3,279

    Different governments took different precautions when Covid 19 first
    became known. NZ was able to move more quickly than some, closing
    borders had a big impact, as did isolation and masking.
    If we had the same experience as the UK or USA, we would have had an >additional 16,000 deaths - I suspect we would have noticed that . . .

    The reality is that the actions taken by governments did have a real
    impact. There are other issues - for example Covid arrived as we were
    heading towards winter - so staying at home was possibly easier for us
    than countries coming out of winter. Covid restrictions are said to
    have reduced normal winter deaths from influenza and colds, but those
    are minor details - the big determinant was government decisions.
    That is absolutely wrong. Excess deths in this context are not due to Covid, they are due to the way Covid has been treated/handled. That is the definition. Until you can show that NZ has posted results that are compatible with the analysis you used you are pissing into the wind, as I am sure you know.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Sun May 14 13:21:42 2023
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 21:44:52 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is however
    an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article
    .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal >>>>>>>>>to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I >>>suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries,
    they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous
    post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual >>mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based
    on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an >>increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to >>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country >>comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a >>better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of >>inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226
    Please carry on with such silly nonsense.
    The fact is our reported or assumed figures appear to be muich lower than we >would expect on the basis of other countries experience. I, and anybody who >cares, would like to see someone satisfactorily explain that. Can you?

    The answer is of course deaths from Covid.
    to the table above I have added total confirmed deaths per million
    population from here: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/rate-confirmed-cases-vs-rate-confirmed-deaths?tab=table

    Excess Dths/Mil Covid Deaths/Mil
    New Zealand 5 490
    Australia 112 752 Canada
    144 1,321
    Norway 151 965
    Sweden 176 2,248
    France 226 2,495 United Kingdom
    332 3,279
    United States 402 3,279

    Different governments took different precautions when Covid 19 first
    became known. NZ was able to move more quickly than some, closing
    borders had a big impact, as did isolation and masking.
    If we had the same experience as the UK or USA, we would have had an
    additional 16,000 deaths - I suspect we would have noticed that . . .

    The reality is that the actions taken by governments did have a real
    impact. There are other issues - for example Covid arrived as we were
    heading towards winter - so staying at home was possibly easier for us
    than countries coming out of winter. Covid restrictions are said to
    have reduced normal winter deaths from influenza and colds, but those
    are minor details - the big determinant was government decisions.

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  • From Ras Mikaere@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 14 21:18:07 2023
    #1 -- YOU ALL GOT THE JAB,
    BOOSTERS, TESTING WITH ETHYLENE OXIDE.

    YOU FUKERS ARE TOAST.
    YOU WILL GET CANCER SHORTLY --
    YOU NOW HAVE V.A.I.D.S.
    YOU WILL DIE SOON.

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Mon May 15 23:10:44 2023
    On 2023-05-12, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an >>>>>>>>>area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic. >>>>>>>>You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article . >>>>>>>. .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to >>>>believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this?

    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in
    government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines as >>much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from
    covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on
    previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again
    as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines
    should not be taken.

    Really Rich? This is the problem, one size fits all, and just stick with it until you have the walk it back without ever admitting anything.

    Many countries have back peaddled. Boosters now only for the "elderly".




    Note that the scales on the charts fror different
    countries are not the same.

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Tue May 16 01:33:16 2023
    On 2023-05-12, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right. >>>>>>>>>>>>It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>>>>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article . >>>>>>>>>. .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to >>>>>>believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this?

    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on
    previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again
    as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines
    should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears
    that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK
    about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced
    -2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period
    to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate
    numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu
    has done well . . .)


    Those figures are the model of the actual deaths compared with the official figures.

    A different beast from the extra deaths over and above those expected based
    on the death rates without Covid.

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Tony on Tue May 16 01:35:40 2023
    On 2023-05-13, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>>>>>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>>>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to >>>>>>>believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines >>>>>as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on
    previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines
    should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears
    that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK
    about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced
    -2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period
    to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate
    numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu
    has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no excess deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.


    In my view this is likely. Stressed out data gathers and a narrative with
    was not transparent.

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Tue May 16 01:45:12 2023
    On 2023-05-13, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>>>>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears
    that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period
    to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu
    has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no excess >>deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I >>suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries,
    they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous
    post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based
    on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an
    increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a
    better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226

    I really struggle how a graph of Cumulative of excess deaths can decrease. Might be that the country's deaths are not increasing to be at the world average. That might be it.

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Tue May 16 02:21:26 2023
    On 2023-05-14, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 21:44:52 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is however
    an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article
    .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody
    elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal >>>>>>>>>>to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332, >>>>>Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I
    suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries, >>>they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous >>>post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual >>>mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based
    on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an >>>increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to >>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country >>>comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a >>>better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of >>>inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226
    Please carry on with such silly nonsense.
    The fact is our reported or assumed figures appear to be muich lower than we >>would expect on the basis of other countries experience. I, and anybody who >>cares, would like to see someone satisfactorily explain that. Can you?

    The answer is of course deaths from Covid.
    to the table above I have added total confirmed deaths per million
    population from here: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/rate-confirmed-cases-vs-rate-confirmed-deaths?tab=table

    Excess Dths/Mil Covid Deaths/Mil
    New Zealand 5 490
    Australia 112 752 Canada
    144 1,321
    Norway 151 965
    Sweden 176 2,248
    France 226 2,495 United Kingdom
    332 3,279
    United States 402 3,279

    Different governments took different precautions when Covid 19 first
    became known. NZ was able to move more quickly than some, closing
    borders had a big impact, as did isolation and masking.

    There have been studies which show that masks had no effect on the tramissiablity of the virus.

    https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full

    If we had the same experience as the UK or USA, we would have had an additional 16,000 deaths - I suspect we would have noticed that . . .

    The reality is that the actions taken by governments did have a real
    impact. There are other issues - for example Covid arrived as we were
    heading towards winter - so staying at home was possibly easier for us
    than countries coming out of winter. Covid restrictions are said to
    have reduced normal winter deaths from influenza and colds, but those
    are minor details - the big determinant was government decisions.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to Gordon on Tue May 16 15:46:46 2023
    On 16 May 2023 01:33:16 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-05-12, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand >>>>>>>>>>>>population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>>>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to >>>>>>>believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on
    previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines
    should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears
    that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From:
    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the
    previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK
    about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced
    -2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now
    experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period
    to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate
    numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see
    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu
    has done well . . .)


    Those figures are the model of the actual deaths compared with the official >figures.

    A different beast from the extra deaths over and above those expected based >on the death rates without Covid.

    No, they are a comparison between actual deaths and deaths expected
    based on pre-covid mortality for each country.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to Gordon on Tue May 16 15:50:22 2023
    On 16 May 2023 01:35:40 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-05-13, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions >>>>>>>>>>>>>made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science.
    Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you.

    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability >>>>>>>>>to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears
    that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period
    to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu
    has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I >> suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.


    In my view this is likely. Stressed out data gathers and a narrative with
    was not transparent.

    There is not likely to be any inaccuracy in our reporting of deaths
    from all causes. As far as Covid deaths are concerned we have usd the
    same definition as the other countries. Some countries were not
    included in the comparisons as their Covid statistics were not
    considered reliable.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Gordon on Tue May 16 03:42:31 2023
    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-05-13, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this >>>>>>>>>>>>article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal >>>>>>>>>to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no >>>excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I >>>suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries,
    they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous
    post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual
    mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based
    on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an
    increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to
    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country
    comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a
    better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of
    inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226

    I really struggle how a graph of Cumulative of excess deaths can decrease. >Might be that the country's deaths are not increasing to be at the world >average. That might be it.
    Pretty unlikely unless the population is decreasing at a similar rate.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to Gordon on Tue May 16 16:05:41 2023
    On 16 May 2023 01:45:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-05-13, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I >>>suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries,
    they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous
    post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual
    mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based
    on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an
    increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to
    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country
    comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a
    better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of
    inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226

    I really struggle how a graph of Cumulative of excess deaths can decrease. >Might be that the country's deaths are not increasing to be at the world >average. That might be it.

    When we first went into lockdown, we isolated people with any illness
    - through that first winter influenza did not spread as badly, and we
    had fewer deaths than normally. Retirement villages were more isolated
    than normal, fewer of those residents died that year. We had the
    benefit of very few instances of Covid coming into the country - while
    one infection did spread, we did our best to minimise illness through
    isolation of those with symptoms. Most countries by that time already
    had covid infections more widely spread int heir community. So for a
    while we had deaths lower than expected rates. Later, we had more
    centres of infection, but by then many had been vaccinated, which kept
    Covid deaths, and hence total deaths, lower than in pre-covid times.
    Later again we eased restrictions, stopped isolating those infected,
    stopped wearing masks near others, and our mortailty rates returned to
    normal, or a bit higher than pre-covid rates due to the additional
    burden of infections including continuing covid infections; and the
    total 'excess mortality' has turned from lower death rates to now very
    slightly higher than pre-covid.

    In most other countries overall death rates have reduced a bit from
    the higher experience during the pandemic, but are still higher than
    death rates pre-covid.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to Gordon on Tue May 16 16:27:53 2023
    On 16 May 2023 02:21:26 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-05-14, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 21:44:52 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess
    deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is however
    an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this article
    .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody
    elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a
    long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal
    to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332, >>>>>>Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I
    suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries, >>>>they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous >>>>post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual >>>>mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based >>>>on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an >>>>increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to >>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country >>>>comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a >>>>better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of >>>>inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226
    Please carry on with such silly nonsense.
    The fact is our reported or assumed figures appear to be muich lower than we >>>would expect on the basis of other countries experience. I, and anybody who >>>cares, would like to see someone satisfactorily explain that. Can you?

    The answer is of course deaths from Covid.
    to the table above I have added total confirmed deaths per million
    population from here:
    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/rate-confirmed-cases-vs-rate-confirmed-deaths?tab=table

    Excess Dths/Mil Covid Deaths/Mil
    New Zealand 5 490
    Australia 112 752 Canada
    144 1,321
    Norway 151 965
    Sweden 176 2,248
    France 226 2,495 United Kingdom
    332 3,279
    United States 402 3,279

    Different governments took different precautions when Covid 19 first
    became known. NZ was able to move more quickly than some, closing
    borders had a big impact, as did isolation and masking.

    There have been studies which show that masks had no effect on the >tramissiablity of the virus.

    https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full

    From that website:
    "Key messages
    We are uncertain whether wearing masks or N95/P2 respirators helps to
    slow the spread of respiratory viruses based on the studies we
    assessed.

    Hand hygiene programmes may help to slow the spread of respiratory
    viruses."

    Not exactly conclusive either way. One effect of mask wearing was that
    there tended to be greater physical distancing - effectively relative isolation. Combined with fairly strong discouragement of attending
    work with even the common cold, we had a very good overall result in
    comparison with results in other countries; it resulted from a range
    of measures, but probably the most significant was keeping Covid out
    of the country, then isolation and testing.


    If we had the same experience as the UK or USA, we would have had an
    additional 16,000 deaths - I suspect we would have noticed that . . .

    The reality is that the actions taken by governments did have a real
    impact. There are other issues - for example Covid arrived as we were
    heading towards winter - so staying at home was possibly easier for us
    than countries coming out of winter. Covid restrictions are said to
    have reduced normal winter deaths from influenza and colds, but those
    are minor details - the big determinant was government decisions.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Tue May 16 04:41:14 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 16 May 2023 03:42:31 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-05-13, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess
    deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not >>>>>>>>>>>>>somebody
    elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the >>>>>>>>>>>>ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a
    long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your >>>>>>>>>>>refusal
    to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332, >>>>>>Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no >>>>>excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As >>>>>I
    suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries, >>>> they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous >>>> post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual >>>> mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based
    on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an
    increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to
    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country
    comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a >>>> better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of
    inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226

    I really struggle how a graph of Cumulative of excess deaths can decrease. >>>Might be that the country's deaths are not increasing to be at the world >>>average. That might be it.
    Pretty unlikely unless the population is decreasing at a similar rate.

    The overall rate of deaths per 100,000 population are not particualrly >affected by changes in population. The number of deaths will be lower
    for a lower population, but it does ot necessarily change the rate of
    deaths per 100,000 population.
    Well done, so you followed my lead.
    And apparently agree, therefore, that there is an anomoly. Do you know what that anomoly is?

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Tue May 16 16:51:35 2023
    On Tue, 16 May 2023 04:36:25 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 16 May 2023 01:35:40 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-05-13, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this >>>>>>>>>>>>>article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody
    elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal >>>>>>>>>>to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332, >>>>>Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no >>>>excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As >>>>I
    suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.


    In my view this is likely. Stressed out data gathers and a narrative with >>>was not transparent.

    There is not likely to be any inaccuracy in our reporting of deaths
    from all causes.
    Is that an assumption or provably reliable?
    As far as Covid deaths are concerned we have usd the
    same definition as the other countries. Some countries were not
    included in the comparisons as their Covid statistics were not
    considered reliable.

    We do tend to notice deaths, Tony - and they are requried to be
    reported; and in most cases the cause of death is given my a medical
    person qualified to do so. That is not the case in all countries;
    those where deaths are not always reported (and births not registereed
    either) have difficulties in assesing rates of death . . .

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Tue May 16 16:52:28 2023
    On Tue, 16 May 2023 04:41:14 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 16 May 2023 03:42:31 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-05-13, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by
    Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess
    deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other
    countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>but
    see here: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>somebody
    elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the >>>>>>>>>>>>>ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a
    long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your >>>>>>>>>>>>refusal
    to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania. >>>>>>>>>>No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332, >>>>>>>Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no >>>>>>excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As
    I
    suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries, >>>>> they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous >>>>> post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual >>>>> mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based >>>>> on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an
    increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to
    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country >>>>> comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a >>>>> better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of
    inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for >>>>> a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226

    I really struggle how a graph of Cumulative of excess deaths can decrease. >>>>Might be that the country's deaths are not increasing to be at the world >>>>average. That might be it.
    Pretty unlikely unless the population is decreasing at a similar rate.

    The overall rate of deaths per 100,000 population are not particualrly >>affected by changes in population. The number of deaths will be lower
    for a lower population, but it does ot necessarily change the rate of >>deaths per 100,000 population.
    Well done, so you followed my lead.
    And apparently agree, therefore, that there is an anomoly. Do you know what >that anomoly is?

    Thre is no anomoly, Tony. What are you going on about now?

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Tue May 16 04:39:00 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 16 May 2023 01:45:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-05-13, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this >>>>>>>>>>>>>article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not >>>>>>>>>>>>somebody
    elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the >>>>>>>>>>>ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal >>>>>>>>>>to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332, >>>>>Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no >>>>excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As >>>>I
    suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries,
    they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous
    post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual
    mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based
    on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an
    increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to
    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country
    comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a
    better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of
    inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226

    I really struggle how a graph of Cumulative of excess deaths can decrease. >>Might be that the country's deaths are not increasing to be at the world >>average. That might be it.

    When we first went into lockdown, we isolated people with any illness
    - through that first winter influenza did not spread as badly, and we
    had fewer deaths than normally. Retirement villages were more isolated
    than normal, fewer of those residents died that year. We had the
    benefit of very few instances of Covid coming into the country - while
    one infection did spread, we did our best to minimise illness through >isolation of those with symptoms. Most countries by that time already
    had covid infections more widely spread int heir community. So for a
    while we had deaths lower than expected rates. Later, we had more
    centres of infection, but by then many had been vaccinated, which kept
    Covid deaths, and hence total deaths, lower than in pre-covid times.
    Later again we eased restrictions, stopped isolating those infected,
    stopped wearing masks near others, and our mortailty rates returned to >normal, or a bit higher than pre-covid rates due to the additional
    burden of infections including continuing covid infections; and the
    total 'excess mortality' has turned from lower death rates to now very >slightly higher than pre-covid.
    Good try but just rhetoric.

    In most other countries overall death rates have reduced a bit from
    the higher experience during the pandemic, but are still higher than
    death rates pre-covid.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Tue May 16 04:36:25 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 16 May 2023 01:35:40 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-05-13, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but >>>>>>>>>>>>see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this >>>>>>>>>>>>article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody >>>>>>>>>>>elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal >>>>>>>>>to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332,
    Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no >>>excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As >>>I
    suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.


    In my view this is likely. Stressed out data gathers and a narrative with >>was not transparent.

    There is not likely to be any inaccuracy in our reporting of deaths
    from all causes.
    Is that an assumption or provably reliable?
    As far as Covid deaths are concerned we have usd the
    same definition as the other countries. Some countries were not
    included in the comparisons as their Covid statistics were not
    considered reliable.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Tue May 16 16:32:28 2023
    On Tue, 16 May 2023 03:42:31 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-05-13, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:23 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 21:28:20 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 May 2023 01:03:17 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:41:50 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 05:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>>>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 11 May 2023 01:59:12 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Excess deaths are still happening
    https://hatchardreport.com/fact-check-david-seymour-says-we-have-no-excess-deaths-is-he-right/

    The UK MP Andrew Bridgen is also on the case, as are other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>people.Excess
    deaths up
    22% in April 2023. Many other countries also have excess deaths.

    It is very disappointing that David Seymour can not get this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right.
    It
    does
    seem we have a uni party in Government. No choice, no opposition.

    Seymour is correct. It is not clear what the charts included by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hatchard show - he did not give urls. The Definition of excess >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>deaths is however critical - I suspect Hatchard does not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>understand
    population statistics and what was being measured. This is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>however an
    area where performace by New Zealand was better than most other >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>countries; it is a measure that summarises the excellent decisions
    made by our government right through the height of the Covid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pandemic.
    You however understand nothing of ethics or science. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do just keep silent when others explain reality to you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Some of the graphical results appear to be no longer available, but
    see here:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336

    Perhaps you could explain any ethical issues you see in this >>>>>>>>>>>>>article .
    . .
    Not interested. I was commenting on your lack of ethics not somebody
    elses.
    There is no lack of ethics in the post I made; the data for excess >>>>>>>>>>>deaths is clear, supported by the major countries who have the ability
    to calculate those numbers, and hav been consistently reported for a >>>>>>>>>>>long time without any controversy.
    There are excess deaths in many countries, perhaps most. Your refusal >>>>>>>>>>to
    believe that this country publishes inaccurate statistics is highy >>>>>>>>>>questionable
    and unethical. By what act of God or similar have we escaped this? >>>>>>>>>
    Yes, in most coutries there were. For New Zealand, precautions taken >>>>>>>>>relating to Covid reduced deaths from road accidents as well as many >>>>>>>>>winter ailments, and we had lower deaths than we would normally have >>>>>>>>>expected - Australia was nearly as good, but the relatively poor >>>>>>>>>performance of the Liberals were enough that now the ALP is in >>>>>>>>>government feberally and in all States except Tasmania.
    No, I don't believe that. Excess deaths are supposedly due to the >>>>>>>>vaccines
    as
    much as anything else - therefore that we apparently escaped is >>>>>>>>questionable.

    That depends on what you mean by escaped. Certainly we had deaths from >>>>>>>covid, but overall deaths reduced from those expected based on >>>>>>>previous years experience - but our death rates started to rise again >>>>>>>as controls tapered off and as some idiots decided that vaccines >>>>>>>should not be taken. Note that the scales on the charts fror different >>>>>>>countries are not the same.
    Which adds nothing to the debate.
    With such a bald and unsupported opinions from you Tony, it appears >>>>>that you have no wish to ever enter into any debate.

    From: >>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist?uniformYAxis=0&country=USA~AUS~GBR~NZL

    we see that the USA has experienced over 1.3 million deaths above the >>>>>previously normal level of mortality during the Covid period, the UK >>>>>about 220,000, Australia 29,000 and New Zealand, having experienced >>>>>-2,500 around the end of 2021, has reduced restrictions and has now >>>>>experieced additional deaths of around 260 for the whole Covid period >>>>>to now. Those figures represent losses of the following approximate >>>>>numbers of deaths per 100,000 of population: USA 402, UK 332, >>>>>Australia 112, New Zealand 5
    see >>>>>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist
    (hover over countries to get the estimate for that country - Vanuatu >>>>>has done well . . .)
    You really are obtuse.
    i have already added to the debate that it is unlikely that we have no >>>>excess
    deaths based on the fact that few other countries have made that claim. As I
    suggested, maybe we and others are not reporting accurately.

    The statistics are not made based on claims from individual countries,
    they are based on evidence using population statistics. As my previous
    post shows, we were at one stage well below excess deaths - our actual
    mortality was about two and a half thousand lower than expected based
    on pre-Covid mortality. The easing of protections in 2022 led to an
    increase in the rate of deaths; we now have a cumulative total of
    about 260 deaths higher than based on pre covid mortality.

    If you go to
    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?tab=table
    and click the sort arrow next to May 9, 2023, you will see a country
    comparison of excess cumulative deaths - there are 18 countries with a
    better result than New Zealand on those assessments.

    As these are deaths from all causes, there is a lower likelihood of
    inaccurate reporting than there may be for just Covid deaths.

    The cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 population at May 9 2023 for
    a few countries are:
    New Zealand 5
    Australia 112
    Canada 144
    Norway 151
    Sweden 176
    United Kingdom 332
    United States 402



    France 226

    I really struggle how a graph of Cumulative of excess deaths can decrease. >>Might be that the country's deaths are not increasing to be at the world >>average. That might be it.
    Pretty unlikely unless the population is decreasing at a similar rate.

    The overall rate of deaths per 100,000 population are not particualrly
    affected by changes in population. The number of deaths will be lower
    for a lower population, but it does ot necessarily change the rate of
    deaths per 100,000 population.

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