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		easytiger on March 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: China Is Entering Lockdown With or in the proximity of, not of. Numbers are vastly inflated incidental admissions conflation

DiogenesKynikos on March 29, 2022 [–]

No, of, and these numbers are very likely to be underestimates.

Excess mortality studies generally show larger death tolls than recorded CoVID-19 deaths.

US life expectancy has dropped by 2 years because of CoVID-19, which is completely unprecedented in the post-WWII era.

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