The pandemic’s true death toll
www.economist.com
Our daily estimate of excess deaths around the world

Although the official number of deaths caused by covid-19 is now 7m, our single best estimate is that the actual toll is 27.1m people. We find that there is a 95% chance that the true value lies between 17.9m and 32.9m additional deaths.

  • ButtBidet [he/him]@hexbear.netMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    How I’ve managed to be no COVID for 3 years now (sorry I’m such a pedantic asshole) :

    • N95 masks absolutely everywhere. I will not unmask around you unless you’re also Covid cautious
    • No need to convince gf because she’s living with long covid
    • Put multiple mf’img hepa filters in my classroom.
    • Walk outside to eat, like I’m a smoker. I’ll eat standing up before eating inside.
    • Be such an insufferable tankie that I don’t want to hang around libs, go to their parties, do brunches, etc. I went to an outdoor event recently, still masked, and the convo gave me actual psychic damage
    • Give non maskers the dirtiest fucking look they’ve ever got. Sometimes get rewarded with them not sitting next to me on mass transit. Somehow people don’t dare to ask me “y u mask?”