For e.g. we know that some countries are undercounting COVID-19 deaths by as much as 50%, so if you were to estimate a total death toll thus far it would be much higher
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The second issue is that the other pandemics took place over quite long periods of time, while COVID-19 has only been a pandemic disease for ~8 months. The 'final' death toll is extremely hard to predict at this point
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Replying to @sabhlok
No, but they could plausibly be, say, 30% higher worldwide right now, and double over the next 6 months. It's also worth noting that the massive global intervention makes it very challenging to compare this pandemic to earlier ones
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That's simply not true - it varies by country, of course, but generally speaking COVID-19 deaths are well recorded in the west, or are an underestimate (i.e. U.S.). This is demonstrable fact
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It is similarly incorrect to say that the pandemic is OVER anywhere. Even some of the communities with very high rates of infection are seeing resurgences now (numerous examples include communities in NYC, Spain etc)
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Replying to @sabhlok
I'm not advocating for any particular policy, merely pointing out that you are factually wrong
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No I'm saying that the factual statements you made - I.e. that the death count in Western countries is a large overestimate - are incorrect
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