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Johnny2X2X

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20. I can offer anecdotal proof of an undercount too

Tue May 9, 2023, 10:37 AM

May 2023

Lost 3 people I know offical from Covid, 2 others probably too, but their deaths weren't counted as Covid.

Friend was a retired Army drill sergeant, in fantastic shape, only 50 years old. Work out warrior. Got Covid in the Summer on 2020, put him in the hospital and he was battling symptoms for several months. Got home from work one night, poured himself a whiskey, sat on his couch to watch TV and fell asleep and never woke up. Autopsy was inconclusive for cause of death. Very likely Covid related as he never fully recovered.

Another friend, very large man, died in his sleep several months after having Covid.

The excess death numbers during Covid suggest we way under counted, there maybe have been closer to 2 million dead Americans due to Covid.

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Lest we forget: coronavirus worldwide: 688 million, 6.9 million dead. US 107 [View all] niyad May 2023 OP

I can certainly affirm that there are probably major undercounts Otto_Harper May 2023 #1

I am so very sorry for your loss. Please know that your DU familly is here. niyad May 2023 #2

Thanks. She was a long-time follower of DU. Got me started. Otto_Harper May 2023 #9

So sorry blm May 2023 #4

I am sending you kind thoughts and hugs. MLAA May 2023 #19

I can offer anecdotal proof of an undercount too Johnny2X2X May 2023 #20

My sister in law also had the same thing Takket May 2023 #22

I'm so sorry for your loss. StarryNite May 2023 #31

May she rest in peace. SpamWyzer May 2023 #39

That criticism was mostly coming from whack world, along with the assertion niyad May 2023 #46

The "Got Reported"... ProfessorGAC May 2023 #3

The "got reported" was meant for all. Various studies that I have read say that niyad May 2023 #5

I remember ITAL May 2023 #6

I give you Florida, where nearly 33,000 cases just disappeared from the rolls. niyad May 2023 #7

Still not the same ITAL May 2023 #10

See post 8. niyad May 2023 #12

I did ITAL May 2023 #18

It not only didn't behave like a "normal exponential curve" Otto_Harper May 2023 #29

The underreporting comment was not limited to the US, so I wonder why you niyad May 2023 #47

Probably because the original post was ITAL May 2023 #62

The OP was quite clear. niyad May 2023 #63

Exactly What I Meant ProfessorGAC May 2023 #53

As a retired "Senior Techno-Geek", I started following the Covid numbers from the git-go Otto_Harper May 2023 #8

Yes, what could you possibly know??? niyad May 2023 #11

Retired Scientist Here ProfessorGAC May 2023 #54

Absolutely. 10 million dead - at least. peppertree May 2023 #13

I think most of the 330 million people in the US have had covid, many more than once elias7 May 2023 #14

People don't self test even tho it costs little to nothing. They DGAF. live love laugh May 2023 #15

The ones who think it's a hoax or take Ivermectin rather than get vaccinated TexasBushwhacker May 2023 #41

Why take the test when you "know" that the tests lie? niyad May 2023 #48

There is, a stigma, or a mindset, that I've seen where people with "colds" live love laugh May 2023 #59

Couldn't the sniffing/coughing kid just have a cold? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2023 #21

I didn't think I had had it either but antibodies in the blood test showed otherwise. Hope22 May 2023 #27

And that is why I don't entirely understand the housing shortage bucolic_frolic May 2023 #16

1 million out of a population of just over 330 million PoindexterOglethorpe May 2023 #23

COVID is with us forever IronLionZion May 2023 #17

Is it really 1 in 6 dead? fescuerescue May 2023 #24

A higher percentage of the dead were over 65. Hope22 May 2023 #28

You are misunderstanding the post. The US has roughly 1 in 6 of the dead from niyad May 2023 #42

The real #s are closer to 14 million when the #s of people who died of C-19 un-diagnosed and ... Botany May 2023 #25

I'm getting my 5th shot on Fri BigmanPigman May 2023 #26

In Ohio the only booster our County Health Department is offering is the bivalent. Hope22 May 2023 #30

Thank you!!! BigmanPigman May 2023 #32

You are very welcome. Hope22 May 2023 #34

That is pretty much my reaction too. BigmanPigman May 2023 #36

Three times as many deaths as all of WWII. orthoclad May 2023 #33

I think the undercount world wide is probably huge. Happy Hoosier May 2023 #35

And the Foxians will continue to say: RVN VET71 May 2023 #37

Here's my agony... Moostache May 2023 #38

I feel similarly Moostache flamingdem May 2023 #43

I wish that I had words of comfort and healing for you, but I know there are none. niyad May 2023 #56

The pandemic has taught me one thing I never believed in my youth: I have neighbors and ... marble falls May 2023 #40

It taught me that the selfishness and deliberate and prideful ignorance that I niyad May 2023 #49

And not a scintilla of shame among the entire basket of them. They are unemotionally deadly. marble falls May 2023 #50

TYVM for the post. Something like 1 in every 250 Americans dead. So far. Hortensis May 2023 #44

You are most welcome. I am so sorrry that you and your husband are still at niyad May 2023 #45

By all means, continue to mask Otto_Harper May 2023 #51

Yes. Masking is still protecting others. Claustrophobia -- ouch! Hortensis May 2023 #52

Yeah, not fun. I gave myself hypoxia the first time I put on a mask, because I niyad May 2023 #55

I'm starting to use a N95 with a one way valve... Pluvious May 2023 #61

Thousands of Americans are still dying of Covid every week. Our political and public health liberal_mama May 2023 #57

Culling the herd is exactly what they are trying to do. Cannot have the old, niyad May 2023 #58

It's upsetting. I've lost several members of my family to Covid, including my dad just 6 months ago liberal_mama May 2023 #60