> I mean, do experts like the authors of that OWiD article find the same fault with IHME that you do? Can you cite some making similar criticisms? I don't know

> I mean, do experts like the authors of that OWiD article find the same fault with IHME that you do? Can you cite some making similar criticisms? I don't know. I don't cross-check my thoughts with every "expert" in the world before I express them. I have expertise in this field; I can think for myself. > Again, I get the distinct feeling that you're arguing with methodology here not because there's anything particularly suspicious with IHME at all, but because the conclusion (that the US is approaching 1M covid deaths, something that should surprise no one) is politically inconvenient. You have no idea what my politics are. I am saying that this model reflects the assumptions used to create it. Nothing more, nothing less. It is not a validation of the assumptions -- it is a regurgitation of the assumptions.