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fescuerescue

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24. Is it really 1 in 6 dead?

Tue May 9, 2023, 10:47 AM

May 2023

I know there were alot of people that died and I certainly got sick as heck from it.

But I don't feel that 1 in 6 of my friends, family coworkers etc were killed. There was a guy on my street that passed away. There's probably 200 people in my "circle".

This was a terrible disease, but I feel like something is off with the math here. At least where I live.

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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