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gibraltar72

(7,498 posts) Fri Nov 27, 2020, 08:03 PM Nov 2020

As we always knew there was a big undercount of deaths from Coronavirus.

My state Mi. has had a bunch of requalifications in last couple weeks. 112 old deaths were included in 187 total today. Not sure about other states, but I'm betting if they are on the up and up like mine we are gonna clean up some of the undercount.

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As we always knew there was a big undercount of deaths from Coronavirus. (Original Post) gibraltar72 Nov 2020 OP

The excess deaths across the US have been 1/5 or 1/4 higher than the attributed COVID deaths RockRaven Nov 2020 #1

I believe Mi. has been diligent in uncovering these deaths. gibraltar72 Nov 2020 #2

Like Florida? I'm not buying their numbers. captain queeg Nov 2020 #3

RockRaven

(14,899 posts)

1. The excess deaths across the US have been 1/5 or 1/4 higher than the attributed COVID deaths

Reply to gibraltar72 (Original post)

Fri Nov 27, 2020, 08:20 PM

Nov 2020

since last spring.

There's a lot of unidentified COVID deaths out there which will never be properly attributed. Demographers and epidemiologists and historians will be studying those numbers for many years...

gibraltar72

(7,498 posts)

2. I believe Mi. has been diligent in uncovering these deaths.

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 27, 2020, 08:38 PM

Nov 2020

I also believe some states are doing their utmost to conceal them.

captain queeg

(10,092 posts)

3. Like Florida? I'm not buying their numbers.

Reply to gibraltar72 (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 27, 2020, 09:58 PM

Nov 2020

When someone dies there but is not an official resident it doesn’t count. Maybe some of those numbers are captured in whatever state the person resides. But I don’t think that always happen. Stated without proof, as so many things are now

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