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ProfessorGAC

(64,995 posts)

5. Not Too Much

Reply to CloudWatcher (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 14, 2020, 09:55 PM

Dec 2020

CDC & the insurance actuaries track unanticipated deaths. The best guess at this point is 20-25%.
So, while it's likely our death count is higher than reported, it's not a whole number multiple.
If we had a hard, accurate dataset, I would be unsurprised that the US is 8-10% of world deaths vs. 4% of world population.
Still disproportionate. Many, many of them avoidable.

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Today's math question ... what are 4.2% and 18.8% [View all] CloudWatcher Dec 2020 OP

And he thinks he deserved a second term malaise Dec 2020 #1

Certainly Not Diminishing The Tragedy... ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #2

Converts to 25% and 7% CloudWatcher Dec 2020 #4

Not Too Much ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #5

K&R kag Dec 2020 #3