You shouldn't be flagging articles simply because you disagree with them, that's not what flagging is for.
Especially because you are wrong - the OurWorldInData link you provide does indeed show German excess mortality climb steeply in April 2021 and then again in March 2022. Current mortality by that data has been at the same level as it spiked to in April 2020 (first wave), but sustained since March. I don't understand how you can look at the graphs there and not see it because the data is so plain.
Remember that after COVID we should be seeing negative excess mortality due to the pull-forward effect. We should not be seeing positive excess mortality after an epidemic that near exclusively takes out the elderly. The pull forward effect can be seen after the winter 2020 wave in the German data but not later.
"On a separate note, it's really discouraging how this stuff gets voted up on HN. Flagged."
It's really discouraging how some people visit a site meant for "intellectual curiosity" and then immediately and incorrectly flag anything that creates cognitive dissonance in their mind, especially when they go on to make misleading statements about the data.
Especially because you are wrong - the OurWorldInData link you provide does indeed show German excess mortality climb steeply in April 2021 and then again in March 2022. Current mortality by that data has been at the same level as it spiked to in April 2020 (first wave), but sustained since March. I don't understand how you can look at the graphs there and not see it because the data is so plain.
Remember that after COVID we should be seeing negative excess mortality due to the pull-forward effect. We should not be seeing positive excess mortality after an epidemic that near exclusively takes out the elderly. The pull forward effect can be seen after the winter 2020 wave in the German data but not later.
"On a separate note, it's really discouraging how this stuff gets voted up on HN. Flagged."
It's really discouraging how some people visit a site meant for "intellectual curiosity" and then immediately and incorrectly flag anything that creates cognitive dissonance in their mind, especially when they go on to make misleading statements about the data.