The pandemic’s true death toll
www.economist.com
Our daily estimate of excess deaths around the world

Although the official number of deaths caused by covid-19 is now 7m, our single best estimate is that the actual toll is 27.1m people. We find that there is a 95% chance that the true value lies between 17.9m and 32.9m additional deaths.

  • ElectronNumberSeven [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Me, a professor, and her TA are the only three people that I know that still bother to put on a mask. And that professor and TA aren’t even American, they’re from Europe. Americans by and large just don’t care about each and it doesn’t bother them that millions of people have and will die plus countless more be permanently disabled just so that they can have their treats.