The pandemic’s true death toll
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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.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]21•8 months ago

    just got mine 24 hours ago. immune response was relatively miserable overnight, which I had forgotten about. achy, chills, etc. feel like a wrung out sponge in the morning, still achy. it sucks, but is easy peasy compared to an actual respiratory infection.