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> The former [COVID] are actual numbers; the latter [Flu] are inflated statistical estimates With doctors being instructed by the CDC to count every death that
by donatj 7y ago
> The former [COVID] are actual numbers; the latter [Flu] are inflated statistical estimates
With doctors being instructed by the CDC to count every death that could have potentially been COVID as a COVID death, in the face of near total lack of testing, saying that the numbers are not inflated is a bold faced lie.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/04/07/covid19-death-certificate-change-stirs-controversy https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/04/07/covid19-death-certi...
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/vsrg/vsrg03-508.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/vsrg/vsrg03-508.pdf
- bonzini 7y agoFortunately you can look at mortality rates and you can see that in Europe it's even worse than the official statistics. Excess mortality is twice higher than recorded COVID deaths in the Netherlands for example.[1] Even though there is a harvesting effect and you can expect mortality to be lower than average in the next few months (the famous "people that would have died anyway"), the data is not exactly substantiating conspiracy theories such as yours. [1] https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/excess-mortality-caused-by-novel-coronavirus-covid-19 https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/excess-mortality-caused-by-novel...
- gpderetta 7y agoExcess death in Italy is estimated about twice the reported death count. In the most affected regions it is 3-4x.