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Re:Renewed questions about the virus, and hard-to-face answers by barbazoo on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:29PM (#27668413)
According to the CDC[0] the number is a bit lower but in the same ballpark. Do you think the CDC cannot be trusted or the medical professionals that determine cause of death?

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/mortality-overview.htm

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Re:Renewed questions about the virus, and hard-to-face answers by snowwrestler on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:41PM (#27668558)
If you look down that page, the CDC provides several estimates of COVID-19 mortality based on different methodologies. The current range is between about 583k and 729k.
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Re:Renewed questions about the virus, and hard-to-face answers by cableshaft on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:30PM (#27668428)
You're right, it's most likely too low. IHME did a study and revised their estimate upward, and are saying that there have been an estimated 926,000 Covid-19 deaths in the US as of today[1].

[1]: https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

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Re:Renewed questions about the virus, and hard-to-face answers by waterhouse on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:39PM (#27668542)
> 926 million Covid-19 deaths in the US

Was that meant to be thousands?

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Re:Renewed questions about the virus, and hard-to-face answers by cableshaft on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:47PM (#27669292)
Yes, sorry. Corrected.
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Re:Renewed questions about the virus, and hard-to-face answers by beervirus on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:31PM (#27668440)
It’s controversial in the same way that the round-earth theory is controversial.
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