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The collective discussions focus on the discrepancy between official figures and research estimates, with many posts citing specific numbers like 4,645 excess deaths, and emphasizing methodological debates and government accountability. The tone mix of concern and critique reveals a community deeply engaged in understanding and challenging official narratives, giving the discourse significant influence on public perception.
Most discussions support the findings of the NEJM study, emphasizing that the official death toll significantly underestimated the true impact of Hurricane Maria.
The discussions show high interest, with references to multiple studies, detailed statistical estimates, and debates about methodology and government accountability.
Comments delve deeply into methodological issues, such as survey ranges and benefits of independent studies, indicating strong engagement.
Many posts highlight the profound implications of the research for understanding disaster impacts, government responsibility, and public health, suggesting high overall impact.
Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart disease, “other”, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, & septicemia, & many deaths likely attributable to lack of access to treatment (Open Access) https://t.co/lrWY6EnoFE https://t.co/SuMFDlmArC
On September 20, 2017, we will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the day #HurricaneMaria hit Puerto Rico, with deadly and devastating impacts. https://t.co/kvNQtI2zqD https://t.co/hh78nU7Ymw
Learn more about the research process behind #GWSPH's groundbreaking study on excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria during a fireside chat Thursday, April 4 at 6PM. For more information on all of this year's #GWNPHW events, please visit https://t.co/hKvhOv85mD! https://t.co/WhIxNFze9K
In Puerto Rico after hurricane María the government denied the massive death toll and hid the customarily public death statistics; so researchers had to do a field survey to estimate the deaths. It's really hard, they couldn't get a precise figure. https://t.co/uXJmX392pP
@NYcanito No lo digo yo lo dice un estudio, https://t.co/wKjyM8GFS2
Luckily, nothing happened to my family during the hurricane, but the weeks after the event were hell. To this day we don’t know how many people died, but a Harvard study estimates 4,645 deaths can be linked to the Hurricane and it’s aftermath. https://t.co/eLODfwgc7E
Monkey Island, home to thousands of monkeys, faced a hurricane that researchers thought would cause mass mortality. Surprisingly, only two monkeys perished during the storm, with post-storm deaths occurring later. This…
The Monkey Island hosts thousands of monkeys. When a tropical cyclone struck, researchers anticipated mass casualties, yet only two monkeys died. This surprising outcome leads to further exploration of mortality beyond…
RT @rafalab: We ran a survey to better understand mortality in Puerto Rico after hurricane María. The official death count of 64 is likely…
@KamalaHarris Context: -Managing the funds going to a corrupt gov’t, isn’t it the same as withholding. https://t.co/OWblzaPevJ -Hurricane Maria deaths as reported by PR officials. https://t.co/77tk6UWjfz - Dirty & poor is unfounded rhetoric. - Selling for Greenland also unfounded rhetoric.
The best study on this comes from what happened in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria Official death toll was 64 A well done study published in @NEJM suggested an additional 4600 people died because of the storm https://t.co/Y6Jy8Gn4fv 3/n
study link: https://t.co/rAS8gfLRh8
RT @C_Coolidge: 07/12/2018: The New England Journal of Medicine: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria https://t.co/WRXA8N4VkM
RT @C_Coolidge: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths can be…
RT @C_Coolidge: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: ...forces related to the event, such as flying debris, or if they are cause…
Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria | New England Journal of Medicine https://t.co/7kWLBEJV1T
@Stracker234 "the official death count of 64 is a substantial underestimate of the true burden of mortality after Hurricane Maria. Our estimate is 4,645 excess deaths from September 20 through December 31, 2017." https://t.co/yj2DIYsPVU
RT @selfienat0r: @NYcanito No lo digo yo lo dice un estudio, https://t.co/wKjyM8GFS2
@NYcanito No lo digo yo lo dice un estudio, https://t.co/wKjyM8GFS2
RT @midnucas: In Puerto Rico after hurricane María the government denied the massive death toll and hid the customarily public death statis…
RT @midnucas: In Puerto Rico after hurricane María the government denied the massive death toll and hid the customarily public death statis…
RT @midnucas: In Puerto Rico after hurricane María the government denied the massive death toll and hid the customarily public death statis…
In Puerto Rico after hurricane María the government denied the massive death toll and hid the customarily public death statistics; so researchers had to do a field survey to estimate the deaths. It's really hard, they couldn't get a precise figure. https://t.co/uXJmX392pP
@PoisonIceCream1 @FilmThePoliceLA Pushing fake numbers with no evidence or argumentation doesn’t help, though. Estimating deaths when reporting systems break down or are under attack is extremely difficult, see, e.g. this controversial survey of Puerto Rico after hurricane María https://t.co/uXJmX38uAh
@sasa_ghada And even a survey could produce an extremely wide range. I'm reminded of this survey of deaths after hurricane María in Puerto Rico that gave a range of anything between 793 and 8,498. It proved that the official figure of 64 was wrong, but not much more. https://t.co/uXJmX392pP
For an example of why I say mortality surveys are often contested, see the case of Hurricane Maria. A survey estimated 4,600 excess deaths. https://t.co/6JtXgVFdxL The true value was between 400 and 2500: https://t.co/5JYl4mLln4 https://t.co/Bbi4B0z43Q https://t.co/u7anvfRjsC
#5yrsago Puerto Rico’s #HurricaneMaria death toll is 70 times higher than the official count https://t.co/V8ZaRxQRmL #5yrsago An analysis of all those #InternetOfThings manifestos sparked by the slow-motion #IoT catastrophe https://t.co/i7RihZbmFs 8/ https://t.co/ibcQtGTdUl
Key Lesson: The impact of interrupted utilities, and therefore disrupted healthcare, affects long term morbidity and mortality. Our work in #PuertoRico showed that a significant number of deaths after Hurricane Maria were due to healthcare interruptions: https://t.co/hA179MaWPD https://t.co/SnTolUDELV
Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria | NEJM https://t.co/C9Sueljqpj
Task Name: Deaths. (Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria).Description: https://t.co/VwO3CfLyUt #essayhelp #essaydue #essaypay
RT @C_Coolidge: 07/12/2018: The New England Journal of Medicine: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria https://t.co/WRXA8N4VkM
RT @C_Coolidge: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths can be…
RT @C_Coolidge: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: ...forces related to the event, such as flying debris, or if they are cause…
RT @UCSUSA: On September 20, 2017, we will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the day #HurricaneMaria hit Puerto Rico, with deadly and deva…
RT @UCSUSA: On September 20, 2017, we will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the day #HurricaneMaria hit Puerto Rico, with deadly and deva…
RT @UCSUSA: On September 20, 2017, we will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the day #HurricaneMaria hit Puerto Rico, with deadly and deva…
RT @UCSUSA: On September 20, 2017, we will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the day #HurricaneMaria hit Puerto Rico, with deadly and deva…
RT @UCSUSA: On September 20, 2017, we will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the day #HurricaneMaria hit Puerto Rico, with deadly and deva…
RT @UCSUSA: On September 20, 2017, we will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the day #HurricaneMaria hit Puerto Rico, with deadly and deva…
RT @UCSUSA: On September 20, 2017, we will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the day #HurricaneMaria hit Puerto Rico, with deadly and deva…
RT @UCSUSA: On September 20, 2017, we will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the day #HurricaneMaria hit Puerto Rico, with deadly and deva…
On September 20, 2017, we will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the day #HurricaneMaria hit Puerto Rico, with deadly and devastating impacts. https://t.co/kvNQtI2zqD https://t.co/hh78nU7Ymw
RT @C_Coolidge: 07/12/2018: The New England Journal of Medicine: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria https://t.co/WRXA8N4VkM
RT @C_Coolidge: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths can be…
RT @C_Coolidge: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: ...forces related to the event, such as flying debris, or if they are cause…
RT @C_Coolidge: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria https://t.co/WRXA8Nmwck @GOP @TheDemocrats @GreenPartyUS @LPNational @POTUS…
@patriot0213 @RepArmstrongND https://t.co/9UHfAepGQh
@ChinmayTumbe The question of quantifying excess deaths is not addressed by CRS, that does not mean there were no excess deaths. We need robust household surveys to answer that question. See this article https://t.co/T92lI1duwg
@oommen @Rukmini If I am not mistaken KL govt has reported that all-cause mortality in Kerala has declined during the pandemic year. If we are serious about all-cause mortality then relying on govt estimates will remain a challenge. We need to do a similar study like this https://t.co/5eGq2w46X7
"Our estimate of 4645 excess deaths from September 20 through December 31, 2017, is likely to be conservative since subsequent adjustments for survivor bias and household-size distributions increase this estimate to more than 5000." https://t.co/SBQuawXhVx https://t.co/Rkbfh9VXCP
@ElBlogiante https://t.co/NDxvSpuyuT
@KoveanFelix @SharianaApesar El estudio de las 4,645 muertes fue un equipo de Harvard, no el New York Times. Y de hecho el estudio no oculta que ese "4,645" en realidad, por error de muestreo, es entre 793 y 8,498. https://t.co/uXJmX2QTbH
RT @otavio_ranzani: @oatila @UrbanDemog @Capyvara Para ñ registrados, o ideal é um censo domiciliar feito em situações de catástrofes (cost…
@oatila @UrbanDemog @Capyvara Para ñ registrados, o ideal é um censo domiciliar feito em situações de catástrofes (costuma funcionar bem como contra prova). Dá trabalho, mas seria importante, ñ só em Manaus mas no interior. Isso foi feito na auditoria do furacão Maria em Porto Rico https://t.co/FEw8iWkFLo
RT @efrain994: Luckily, nothing happened to my family during the hurricane, but the weeks after the event were hell. To this day we don’t k…
RT @efrain994: Luckily, nothing happened to my family during the hurricane, but the weeks after the event were hell. To this day we don’t k…
Luckily, nothing happened to my family during the hurricane, but the weeks after the event were hell. To this day we don’t know how many people died, but a Harvard study estimates 4,645 deaths can be linked to the Hurricane and it’s aftermath. https://t.co/eLODfwgc7E
Hace tres años, Puerto Rico fue golpeado por el huracán María, dejando más de 4,645 muertes a su paso. Hoy y siempre les recordamos. Sin olvidar la incapacidad del gobierno para proteger a su población más vulnerable. https://t.co/yj2DIYsPVU
in 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria, leaving more than 4,645 deaths in its wake. Today we remember them. Not forgetting the government's inability to protect its most vulnerable population. "Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria" https://t.co/yj2DIYsPVU
"...the number of excess deaths related to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico is more than 70 times the official estimate." #puertorico https://t.co/syeO5etTEM
@CGWalker30 @medon1165 @campy78 @JeffreyGuterman @realDonaldTrump He got away with it after the hurricanes in Puerto Rico. https://t.co/G6ffgI25Zm
@pagebike @rafalab @NickKristof No, the excess deaths were equivalent to a 62% increase in the mortality rate. https://t.co/dC1Jmx9Thx The lack of relief contributed to these deaths. Insulin shortages, no electricity to run dialysis or hospital equipment. https://t.co/Ej6PIzooPc https://t.co/RsUznEzCJG
Alguns estudos publicados em revistas sérias: do @NEJM, feito pelo grupo de Harvard, mostrando que o número de óbitos foi da ordem de 70x mais que o relatado oficialmente. E que as sequelas continuam aqui com um webnar: https://t.co/0VY5u1lQMA https://t.co/CeOaxc14Bt https://t.co/MtQ6GKbwcZ
This debate became also relevant in PR after hurricane Maria-- the official count was 64; yet, others studies took a broader approach to estimating deaths. For instance, this study concluded that there were 4,700 excess deaths. https://t.co/eptcv7gBa0
@jeremyphoward ICYMI official death counts can be way off the mark, 64 vs ~3k https://t.co/DlYQr5CbBQ
https://t.co/kvwAXRFTAE NEJM also published the Hurricane Maria excess deaths in Puerto Rico. When the official estimates were less than 100, the actual death toll was estimated to be 4645. https://t.co/nAAQARZcg3
3. Our methods differ from those used in previous studies but our results are consistent with all previous studies except this one: https://t.co/x4vsAdjlIJ
@silverwilson @BradHedberg @SteveJessup_ @donwinslow @ForQ2 @MarkLevineNYC He's already gotten away with needless deaths. Puerto Rico was just the beginning. https://t.co/PhZpYPQR9n
@rationalwalk It can be done by looking at vital records data to identify the increase in all cause mortality and excess deaths. i suspect it will be done again. It was done in PR after Hurr. Maria but there was backlash. https://t.co/AyzRtP58ZG
@springbok60 @HenkJanOut @RolandPierik @marcelcanoy @pechotbourdon Gezellig hier
RT @rafalab: We ran a survey to better understand mortality in Puerto Rico after hurricane María. The official death count of 64 is likely…
.@realDonaldTrump brought up Katrina & H1N1 as disasters & justification for not reaching out to former presidents as is the precedent. Maria death toll 70 times higher than Katrina https://t.co/SxUJ8jwbYm
@MSNBC @CNBC @comcast @NBCNews According to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine study, "Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria," on average households went *68 days* without water after Hurricane Maria. Considering that the death toll from Hurricane Maria was 2,975, and that...
@geermanh @Motinsitepegas @LizAlbertorio @DavidBegnaud @wandavazquezg @fortalezapr @fema @congressdotgov Read this study done by Harvard researchers: https://t.co/JQt8o96uQS
RT @C_Coolidge: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria https://t.co/WRXA8Nmwck @GOP @TheDemocrats @GreenPartyUS @LPNational @POTUS…
RT @C_Coolidge: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria https://t.co/WRXA8Nmwck @GOP @TheDemocrats @GreenPartyUS @LPNational @POTUS…
RT @C_Coolidge: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths can be…
RT @C_Coolidge: These numbers will serve as an important independent comparison to official statistics from death-registry data, which are…
RT @LaurenCowley4: We should look at @Caroline_OF_B study on mortality after a hurricane https://t.co/El9UJMHRdX as a warning on no deal Br…
@gigifernandez https://t.co/7iYqMGyC1F
Esa noche disfrutamos por última de la energía eléctrica por meses. Perdimos contacto esa noche y por días la gente salía a puentes a buscar señal. Otros, perdieron sus casas , 4645 es el estimado de muertes (Kishore et al, 2018) #HurricaneMaria https://t.co/5VE9Cwo9RW
RT @LarryBoorstein: @WendySiegelman "This rate yielded a total of 4645 excess deaths during this period (95% CI, 793 to 8498), equivalent t…
@TheRickyDavila "This rate yielded a total of 4645 excess deaths during this period (95% CI, 793 to 8498), equivalent to a 62% increase in the mortality rate as compared with the same period in 2016." Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in NEJM 7-12-2018 https://t.co/HSpmoynW1i
@WendySiegelman "This rate yielded a total of 4645 excess deaths during this period (95% CI, 793 to 8498), equivalent to a 62% increase in the mortality rate as compared with the same period in 2016." Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in NEJM 7-12-2018 https://t.co/HSpmoynW1i
RT @GWpublichealth: #GWSPH research on mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria was mentioned by @sciam https://t.co/YQ6Qfx8c7b
#GWSPH research on mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria was mentioned by @sciam https://t.co/YQ6Qfx8c7b
Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria https://t.co/WRXA8Nmwck @GOP @TheDemocrats @GreenPartyUS @LPNational @POTUS @Twitter @VP @CNN @MSNBC @FoxNews @Disney @NewsHour @CBS @ABC @NBC For those who doubt #2020Elections Please educate all so that this is prevented in future
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RT @AMJPublicHealth: Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart…
RT @AMJPublicHealth: Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart…
RT @AMJPublicHealth: Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart…
RT @AMJPublicHealth: Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart…
RT @AMJPublicHealth: Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart…
RT @AMJPublicHealth: Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart…
RT @AMJPublicHealth: Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart…
RT @AMJPublicHealth: Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart…
RT @AMJPublicHealth: Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart…
RT @AMJPublicHealth: Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart…
Excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: new estimate of 1205 excess deaths, w/most occurring from heart disease, “other”, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, & septicemia, & many deaths likely attributable to lack of access to treatment (Open Access) https://t.co/lrWY6EnoFE https://t.co/SuMFDlmArC
RT @C_Coolidge: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths can be…
RT @GWpublichealth: Learn more about the research process behind #GWSPH's groundbreaking study on excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hur…
RT @GWpublichealth: Learn more about the research process behind #GWSPH's groundbreaking study on excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hur…
RT @GWpublichealth: Learn more about the research process behind #GWSPH's groundbreaking study on excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hur…
RT @GWpublichealth: Learn more about the research process behind #GWSPH's groundbreaking study on excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hur…
Learn more about the research process behind #GWSPH's groundbreaking study on excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria during a fireside chat Thursday, April 4 at 6PM. For more information on all of this year's #GWNPHW events, please visit https://t.co/hKvhOv85mD! https://t.co/WhIxNFze9K
Join us next Thursday, April 4 at 6PM for a fireside chat on the school's groundbreaking study on excess mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. For more information on all of this year's National Public Health Week events, please visit https://t.co/hKvhOuQtY3! https://t.co/r8zNxajXVW
RT @realRobertoPath: Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria | NEJM https://t.co/LuiOKn879D
RT @rafalab: We ran a survey to better understand mortality in Puerto Rico after hurricane María. The official death count of 64 is likely…
Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria | NEJM https://t.co/DcLG4EJn9P
El que más cobertura tuvo -de cualquier tema, no solo #CambioClimático- fue sobre muertes en Puerto Rico luego del huracán María, publicado en @NEJM. Cobertura hizo eje en estimación de q número de víctimas fue 70 veces más del q señalaban cifras oficiales https://t.co/wRQbxJybiq
RT @HuwpHuw: The #1 most talked about #climatechange scientific papers of 2018 was "Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria" It est…
RT @HuwpHuw: The #1 most talked about #climatechange scientific papers of 2018 was "Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria" It est…
The #1 most talked about #climatechange scientific papers of 2018 was "Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria" It estimated 10,000 deaths, while official sources estimated 70 times fewer deaths Summaries of the 25 most reported stories in 2018 https://t.co/DbOzpkkaZS
Die offizielle Zahl lag bei 64. https://t.co/CtXhjXwMyG Die Hurricane Saison 2017 wurde ganz wesentlich von überdurchschnittliche warmen Wassertemperaturen im Atlantik beeinflusst https://t.co/TAF7wISzx9 5/5
Son reales las cifras oficiales de fallecidos a consecuencia de las #catastrofes naturales? https://t.co/CJ04JMo2eS
Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria | NEJM - New England Journal of Medicine via @nuzzel thanks @glasgowcathcart
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