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My estimate is that in the US COVID-19 will cause roughly 3X the number of drug overdose deaths this year. The drug overdose deaths from 2018 are about 67K, as
by troelsSteegin 6y ago
My estimate is that in the US COVID-19 will cause roughly 3X the number of drug overdose deaths this year. The drug overdose deaths from 2018 are about 67K, as reported by the CDC [0]. The US is at about 240K COVID-19 deaths, increasing about 1K/day. Of course, the US mortality from COVID-19 is an exception wrt other developed countries.
[0] https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/statedeaths.html https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/statedeaths.html