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> And we know the official death counts is under-counted by a 4x-10x factor.

Not even California undercounted that much and they are among the worst under counters in the western world, if we compare Covid deaths to excess mortality. Death undercounts are closer to 30% at worst.




If I remember correctly, that number is true of the US. Globally speaking, The Economist has it pegged at 3.9x. A far cry from 10x, but also a far cry from an undercount of 30%.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-...


I was speaking globally:

> Taken together, the researchers found that excess deaths were estimated to be in the range of 3.4 million to 4.7 million - about 10 times higher than India's official Covid-19 death toll.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57888460




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