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NYC just released data that shows 50% of those hospitalized and Covid positive, were not admitted for Covid, but another condition.

Makes you wonder about deaths counts too?

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Considering how drastic the excess deaths of 2020 and 2021 are relative to previous years, I have a decent amount of faith in the number of deaths reported to be caused by covid.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm

Tons of people are skipping routine screening and exams. Lots of people are straight up avoiding any medical treatment out of fear of catching Covid. (including routine vaccination!). Raw numbers aren’t helpful here.

Did you dig into the excess death numbers? A big fraction aren’t covid related, interestingly.

No saying people aren’t dying of Covid, just wondering how accurate the numbers are? And is Covid as the cause correctly attributed?

We also have data here in the UK, that somewhere near 35% of cases were contracted in hospital.

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