Posted on Jul 21, 2021
India’s pandemic death toll estimated at about 4 million, 10 times the official count
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How many people have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began?
The official global total as of this week: 4.1 million.
But everyone agrees the true toll is far greater. A study released on Tuesday looks at how much of a disparity there may be in India, one of the epicenters of the pandemic.
The analysis, from the Center for Global Development, a think tank in Washington, D.C., looks at the number of "excess deaths" that occurred in India between January 2020 and June 2021 – in other words, how many more people died during that period than during a similar period of time in 2019 or other recent years.
Drawing death data from civil registries and other sources, the report came up with three estimates for undercounts. The conclusion is that between 3.4 and 4.7 million more people died in that pandemic period than would have been predicted. That's up to 10 times higher than the Indian government's official death toll of 414,482.
The researchers looked at India in particular because, says study co-author Justin Sandefur, the country has been hit so hard by COVID-19. "The second wave in particular led to heart-wrenching stories from friends and colleagues – and a sense that official numbers are not capturing the true scale of that toll."
The official global total as of this week: 4.1 million.
But everyone agrees the true toll is far greater. A study released on Tuesday looks at how much of a disparity there may be in India, one of the epicenters of the pandemic.
The analysis, from the Center for Global Development, a think tank in Washington, D.C., looks at the number of "excess deaths" that occurred in India between January 2020 and June 2021 – in other words, how many more people died during that period than during a similar period of time in 2019 or other recent years.
Drawing death data from civil registries and other sources, the report came up with three estimates for undercounts. The conclusion is that between 3.4 and 4.7 million more people died in that pandemic period than would have been predicted. That's up to 10 times higher than the Indian government's official death toll of 414,482.
The researchers looked at India in particular because, says study co-author Justin Sandefur, the country has been hit so hard by COVID-19. "The second wave in particular led to heart-wrenching stories from friends and colleagues – and a sense that official numbers are not capturing the true scale of that toll."
India’s pandemic death toll estimated at about 4 million, 10 times the official count
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And every MAGA believer I've ever encountered will claim that all those deaths are vastly overinflated just like in the US.
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Linda Lawrence
Jack, I personally know of folks, some in my family, that had health issues that were leading to their death, when they tested positive for Covid. Notice I said, tested positive, not that they had any symptoms that they were suffering from and yet when they died, their death certificate showed cause of death was Covid. Two of the families fought those findings,to have them removed from the death certificates. I just one person, how many others are there that have had similar experiences?
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Linda Lawrence I understand completely but even if that happens 5% of the time, and that's a high %, we're only talking 30,000 out of 600,000. That's just not sufficient to invalidate the accuracy of all the death reporting.
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