Tag: counting COVID
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Historically, death rates suggest undercounting more likely. I was curious about whether we were overcounting or undercounting the number of deaths from COVID-19. At an early news conference, Deborah Birx, MD – the response coordinator for the White House coronavirus task force – indicated that the United States was more likely to attribute a deat…