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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by jacquesm on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @03:35AM (#23767762)
You can argue that if you have access to the excess death figures for your country and then subtract back out the COVID-19 related deaths.
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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by Gwypaas on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @05:30PM (#23774454)
That's not a number we will know for decades. Saw an article in Sweden saying cancer detections are down 30% since the start, those undetected cancers are still developing. Unless they somehow can be caught a couple of years down the line they will sadly show up in the stats.
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