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Re:Why I believe the US has herd immunity in some states by randyrand on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:02AM (#24220965)
3-4 million people die a year in the USA. So maybe this is just the normal death rate?

In the bay area only 3% of deaths are due to covid.

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Re:Why I believe the US has herd immunity in some states by maxerickson on Thursday August 20, 2020 @08:12AM (#24222394)
Epidemiologists these days regularly talk about excess deaths (from Covid-19). Those are deaths that exceed the expected (or normal) death rate.
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