Tag: undercounting

COVID-19 rapid antigen tests on a blue background

One of my favorite conspiracy theorists suggested that the government was exaggerating the number of deaths due to COVID-19.  According to the National Center for Health Statistics, COVID deaths for 2020 and 2021 totaled 842,000, and with Omicron the total has continued to climb in 2022.  Indeed, at a news conference early in the pandemic,…