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Post #707033

2026-03-19 03:14 UTC

Scientific American: COVID probably killed 150,000 more people in its first two years than official U.S. tolls show We have severely undercounted the number of COVID deaths, scientists say (March 18, 2026) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-killed-150-000-more-people-in-its-first-two-years-than-official-toll/ #covid19 #covid #pandemic

Replies (8)

  • @MsMerope@sfba.social 2026-03-19 03:16

    @ai6yr scientists? SCIENTISTS? we've been saying that all along.

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  • @gypsyvegan@sfba.social 2026-03-19 03:18

    @ai6yr https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-deaths-estimates?fsrc=core-app-economist

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  • @Dougfir@m.ai6yr.org 2026-03-19 03:32

    @ai6yr This study seems to use a different approach to calculating covid deaths. I've seen other studies that used actuarial techniques to calculate excess deaths.

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  • @mcnado@mstdn.social 2026-03-19 04:10

    @ai6yr can confirm. I have a spreadsheet somewhere showing all deaths at my hospital after a patient was admitted, broken down by cause. I did the audits and was very conservative in my assignment of cause when it came to, say, COVID vs COVID+ with bacterial sepsis on admission, or COVID+ with massive hemorrhagic stroke. In 2021, 45% of our inpatient deaths were clearly from COVID. Many of the remaining were probably also, but I wasn’t looking at COVID at the time.

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  • @N0tSure@mastodon.social 2026-03-19 07:43

    @ai6yr Now imagine it would have hit now.

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  • @Pettet8@mastodon.social 2026-03-19 08:58

    @ai6yr Not surprised - the eye for detail on dead registration reflects the general trend on details in the USA..

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  • @JohnJBurnsIII@kzoo.to 2026-03-21 21:32

    @ai6yr I knew too many people that said they didn't die from Covid if they had "underlying conditions"... I usually snapped back that if someone was brought into emergency from a vehicle crash, that then died on the table - but had cancer... did cancer kill them, or did the car crash. They just refused to accept - that Covid infection moved up their eventual death from those possible underlying conditions. They might have had years to live... were it not for Covid. 🤬

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  • @cstross@wandering.shop 2026-03-21 22:43

    @ai6yr @Jeanniewarner Mistitled article! COVID probably killed 150,000 more USAn people than official figures show. Extrapolates globally (if everyone else was lowballing their figures to the same degree) to 3 million extra deaths. Hint: non-American dead count too!

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