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Scrivener7

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31. IHME is the group that insisted for months that the death number would not go over 60,000.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun May 9, 2021, 09:41 AM

May 2021

For that reason, for the early months of the pandemic, they were Donny Bodybags's favorite counter, and they were the source that he used to insist, "It's no worse than the flu." It was the source he used to justify doing NOTHING for months.

IHME is the group whose irresponsible numbers are the reason we have a death toll higher than any other country.

IHME is crap.

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NPR: New Study Estimates More Than 900,000 People Have Died Of COVID-19 In U.S. [View all] malaise May 2021 OP

K&R. Not surprised. I think they will be finding bodies in chest freezers years from now. rzemanfl May 2021 #1

As you point out, DU has been saying this all along. Heartbreaking to see it confirmed. niyad May 2021 #2

it is not confirmed at all, that study is an extreme outlier, with dodgy methodology Celerity May 2021 #24

Thank you Bucky May 2021 #33

....and so many unnecessary deaths do to the USA's lack of an intelligent, caring leader. spanone May 2021 #3

Not just the US brother malaise May 2021 #4

Many of these people were workers. Some employees whine and do not take into diehardblue May 2021 #5

There needs to be accountability pandr32 May 2021 #6

I Wish They'd Break Numbers Down By State-I Have Feeling Florida is No. 1 Scam Stallion May 2021 #7

Truth will out malaise May 2021 #9

Go to www.worldometers/covid Delmette2.0 May 2021 #12

They Cover Excess Deaths in World-o-Meters? Stallion May 2021 #14

no, they do not NewJeffCT May 2021 #22

And most importantly... IrishAfricanAmerican May 2021 #8

I thought it would be at least 1,000,000 roamer65 May 2021 #10

I bet the numbers in the red states are undercounted. kimbutgar May 2021 #11

President Obama left the people, the protocols, and the materials inplace that would have stopped .. Botany May 2021 #13

This 100%. oasis May 2021 #19

Obama ... well really the experts that Obama let do their jobs ... held ebola to 2 deaths in America Botany May 2021 #32

_1,000 malaise May 2021 #20

Ghastly, but I am not surprised Hekate May 2021 #15

I knew one person who died four or five months after the initial infection. femmedem May 2021 #16

I don't know why the public doesn't get to know what's happened. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #17

Thanks for psoting this article - heartbreaking. n/t iluvtennis May 2021 #18

Too High ProfessorGAC May 2021 #21

When you suggest caution I listen malaise May 2021 #26

that study is an extreme outlier and uses unsound methodologies that have been constantly exposed Celerity May 2021 #23

Thanks malaise May 2021 #27

yw, and how are things in JA? Hopefully all of your circle is safe and sound. Celerity May 2021 #28

Looks like the numbers are slowly coming down malaise May 2021 #29

Stay safe! Normality will eventually return for the most part. Celerity May 2021 #30

It apparently currently sets the high end of estimates based on counts of Hortensis May 2021 #25

IHME is the group that insisted for months that the death number would not go over 60,000. Scrivener7 May 2021 #31