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🆕 ✨According to a new @theLancet study on excess deaths, IHME’s Haley Comfort, Spencer Pease, & Stefanie Watson discuss there were 18 MILLION #ExcessDeaths due to the pandemic in 2020 & 2021. Read their post about the study in @ThinkGlobalHlth ⤵
thinkglobalhealth.org/article/covid-…

💡What are #ExcessDeaths? It’s a measure comparing the trends of deaths in previous years vs. deaths during the #COVID19 pandemic. The abnormal spike in deaths during 2020 and 2021 → excess deaths

Deaths ⬆️ than expected: #India, #US, #Russia, #Mexico, #Brazil, #Indonesia, #Pakistan accounted for over half the world’s 18mil excess deaths, partially due to population size

Deaths ⬇️ than expected: #Australia, #Taiwan, #Singapore, #NewZealand, #Iceland.

For example: estimated 18K fewer excess deaths in AUS than anticipated in 2020 & 2021 combined vs. a non #COVID19 year

📢 For future pandemics, the authors urge bolstering data collection infrastructure and removing #political barriers to improve tracking of deaths. #ExcessMortality