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    3 months ago

    This past week, 1.5% of all deaths in America were caused by Covid. And based on past averages, for every death, one hundred people got sick, and ten people will have long Covid.

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      3 months ago

      1.5% of all deaths in America were caused by COVID excluding those deaths from acute COVID we didn’t count for various reasons, and also those deaths that were caused by residual COVID damage and happened after the acute phase.

      Excess mortality: “FTFY”