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Re:Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more tha... by slowhand09 on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:03AM (#29875845)
The [US]CDC director just said over 75% of “covid deaths” occurred in people with at least four comorbidities. Since the US administration can’t shut down covid, suddenly all this data is getting shared publicly.
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Re:Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more tha... by wumpus on Monday January 10, 2022 @12:45PM (#29878502)
The whole point of studying excess deaths is to figure out covid's contribution over and above the usual number of deaths due to these pretty common conditions (like high blood pressure.)
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