Do we remember Jan van der Zanden's controversial interview at Blckbx? In June 2021, he sat down with Flavio Pasquino to denounce the lockdown policy. Article Former CBS director points out horrifying figures One of the first...
Mortality in the Netherlands per 100K in 5 years of cohorts (graphs) and Why Standard Mortality?
Much appreciated and no less critical Virusvaria reader Jan van der Zanden wanted to see the 5-year cohorts per 100K. The Norm Mortality raised questions, which we will answer later in the article. We present the standard mortality as a baseline so that...
Pension: an economic explanation for the rejection of the Mortality Standard
Virusvaria reader JVI, name known to the editors, commented on the previous post, which I would like to present here as an independent article (illustrated with my own graph and table). Especially since another highly valued reader and contributor (Jan van...
RIVM emphasizes the need for standard mortality model
On April 1, 2025, the House of Representatives took a motion by Ria de Korte (NSC) The motion by Ria de Korte in which two questions were asked to RIVM. Firstly, it was asked to reflect on their calculation model for excess mortality and second to explain on which ...
Van verwachtingen naar normsterfte
The conversation about the baseline has become topical again, now that the House of Representatives has adopted a motion by the NSC (Ria de Korte). In this letter, RIVM is instructed to take a closer look at the calculations. What is this actually about? In 2024, RIVM has...
CBS ziet nog 5 jaar oversterfte…!?
As announced, Herman Steigstra started calculating and we started thinking further. He posted the result just on steig.nl. I have shortened his title (the only thing I still had a question mark about) because whether CBS sees 'excess mortality' and how much depends...
Pleidooi voor een ‘normsterfte’
CBS tries to predict as accurately as possible. In relatively quiet times, without disasters, wars or other attacks, that prediction could be used as a standard for approximately how many people would 'be allowed' to die in the coming years. Was the actual...
Overweight and target weight, excess mortality and willingness to vaccinate
The normal, average weight of people has always been about the target weight. The 'norm'. You could be too fat or too skinny but most people had a normal BMI, the word says it all. You can see it on old beach photos: fat people were exceptions. That...
