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Re:New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus by vkou on Monday April 20, 2020 @03:36PM (#22927543)
Not all the deaths are tested for COVID. Those that aren't don't make it into the stats. [1]

Overall mortality, compared to the baseline, has skyrocketed in the past few weeks. For the March 4 - April 4 time period, it was double the usual rate. [2]

[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/10/upshot/corona...

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Re:New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus by zamfi on Monday April 20, 2020 @11:28PM (#22931567)
Yes, this is a very obvious and severe underestimate for sure. But the point is that the death rate must be at least 0.12%!
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