Covid Study Finds 18 Million Deaths, Three Times Official Tally - Bloomberg - 0 views
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“At the global level, this is quite the biggest mortality shock since the Spanish flu,” s
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Covid drove a 17% jump in deaths worldwide, he said in an interview. The flu pandemic that began in 1918 killed at least 50 million people.
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The evidence suggests the mortality surge is a direct result of Covid-19, the researchers said. But some deaths may also have occurred indirectly, they said, caused by a lack of access to health care and other essential services during the pandemic, or from behavioral shifts that led to suicide or drug abuse.
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