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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by raydev on Sunday May 16, 2021 @08:54PM (#27178855)
You can’t assert this without confirming that zero restrictions would have led to the same number or fewer deaths.
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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by onionisafruit on Monday May 17, 2021 @09:36AM (#27183214)
What I meant is that restrictions are ineffective if they are ignored, not that they literally had no effect.
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