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We have a new pre-print out @socarxiv on the pressing need to conduct frequent mobile phone surveys to monitor excess deaths due to the #COVID19 pandemic in low income and

I'm very glad "excess mortality" is garnering so much interest. It's a much better measure of the total death toll of the pandemic. But it is NOT "the most comparable

A thread on the measurement of excess mortality and uncounted COVID19 deaths. Key point: be careful inferring number of uncounted COVID19 deaths from a look at all-cause mortality data 1/n