Readers of this feed have heard me saying this near-daily for six months now, based on under-reported major-media reporting. Well, finally someone's put it all in a study: nbcnews.com/health/health-…
EXCESS deaths—versus similar pre-COVID-19 timeframe—as of 7/31: 225,530
OFFICIAL deaths from COVID-19—in US—as of 7/31: 157,202
UNEXPLAINED deaths as of 7/31, now thought to be largely uncounted COVID-19 deaths: 68,328
UNDERCOUNT through 7/31, as estimated on this feed: 60,000
OFFICIAL deaths from COVID-19—in US—as of 7/31: 157,202
UNEXPLAINED deaths as of 7/31, now thought to be largely uncounted COVID-19 deaths: 68,328
UNDERCOUNT through 7/31, as estimated on this feed: 60,000
PS/ I note the above just to underscore that when I was writing on this feed that the death toll was low by 60,000 through July 31, I was working from major-media reporting and not just blowing smoke. This new study has now—sadly—confirmed what everyone read here many months ago.
PS2/ Because the study only runs through 7/31, and it's now nearly 3 months later, the current COVID-19 death toll that media *should* be publishing onscreen daily is 220,011 (the current official toll) + 68,328 (approximate undercount through 7/31) + 3 more months of undercount.
PS3/ The COVID-19 death toll is thus somewhere between 290,000 and 325,000 through mid-October 2020. Imagine what an incredible boon it is to Trump—given that the Washington Post has said his actions are responsible for 90% of deaths—that the toll most media publishes is 220,000.
PS4/ If we take the intermediate death toll estimate—307,000 as of October 12—and consider that it represents 7 months of deaths, we must compare those 307,000 deaths in 7 months to 45,000 flu deaths annually on average. The upshot—2020 is 12 *years* of flu deaths in 12 *months*.
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