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Ah that's interesting. Thanks for sharing. Here's a good visualization as well. That looks pretty indisputable. https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-cov

Ah that's interesting. Thanks for sharing. Here's a good visualization as well. That looks pretty indisputable. https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid "The raw death count helps give us a sense of scale: for example, the US suffered roughly 360,000 more deaths than the five-year average between 26 January and 3 October 2020, compared to 209,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths during that period." The Covid death counts may be correct or a even little lower than expected then. Further confirms my thoughts that I would not like to be an 80 year old with two co-morbidities around Covid.

pwinnski 5y ago
So you quote an eight-month figure, ignoring the nearly-nine months since then, and still cling to your narrative even when presented with facts that directly contradict your earlier assertions. Okay. Try some math: 360,000 deaths higher than average over 251 days is 1434 excess deaths per day. From Oct 4 through yesterday is another 296 days, and 1434x296=424,464, so we're talking about a scale of around 780,000, which very much supports the total US COVID death count of 627,370. If you think that's all 80-year-olds with multiple pre-existing conditions, and that you therefore have nothing to worry about, then I hope for your sake and the sake of those around you that you aren't proven wrong by an ICU stay.
- nickthemagicman 5y ago
  ???? Read my comment again.