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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Coronavirus likely killed 28% MORE Americans than were counted in the official death toll between March and May - and THREE TIMES as many people died in NYC compared to past years
2020-07-02
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Researchers looked at all deaths for Americans that occurred between March 1, 2020 and May 30, 2020

  • During this time period, 95,235 deaths were attributed to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus

  • However, the number of 'excess' deaths from any causes was 122,300, about 28% higher than the official coronavirus death count

  • This means that health officials likely missed around 27,000 deaths that can be linked to COVID-19

  • Three times as many New Yorkers died from all causes than usually do during the three-month window
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  "Can wearing a mask actually harm your health? Ninjas do have a lower life expectancy than the general population." - Frank J. Fleming
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-07-02 16:17  

#5  According to the CDC's 24 JUN 20 update the virus is massively more widespread than initial estimates, by minimally a factor of 10. In other words it's also far less lethal than initially predicted.

They also had estimates of the number who died solely from the Wuhan virus, 7%. Not a typo. The other 93% had mat least 2.5 other conditions.
Posted by: Cesare   2020-07-02 14:06  

#4  My take on reports like this has always been "Lies, damn lies and statistics" pick one.

Don't believe all you read was inculcated by my parents by the time I was 10.
Posted by: AlanC   2020-07-02 11:17  

#3  I completely stopped listening to the media about COVID when first they said that lockdown protests spread it, then a week later claimed that the BLM protests kept it from spreading.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-07-02 10:04  

#2  The cure for the Wu Flu has been found...it's called November 4th. Remember in an election year, everything the left rants about is tied to it.
Posted by: Warthog   2020-07-02 09:31  

#1  GIGO - they counted with symptoms, not cause of death for months. Someone is CYAWP.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-07-02 08:31  

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