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Somewhere I read that Covid deaths are underreported. This is in the chaotic times understandable even if unfortunate. It's said it happened everywhere, even in
by _nalply 5y ago
Somewhere I read that Covid deaths are underreported. This is in the chaotic times understandable even if unfortunate. It's said it happened everywhere, even in the USA and in Europe, and the real rates are somewhere between 1.5 times to 10 times the reported rates.
And Japan seems to be an outlier with massively underreported deaths.
Probably because many elderly died alone at home and where interred or incinerated without further testing.
- brohee 5y agoThe Economist estimates the current victim count at 10M±3M. This is really not helped by the disorganization in some countries and the utterly fraudulent data reported by others (Russia, Egypt...) https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/05/15/there-have-been-7m-13m-excess-deaths-worldwide-during-the-pandemic https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/05/15/there-have-bee...
- fomine3 5y agoSee excess mortality rate.