How Has COVID-19 Death Toll Projections Underestimated the Overall Death

question 37

Multiple Choice

How has COVID-19 death toll projections underestimated the overall death toll that should be anticipated?

• A) They do not include deaths related to reduced access to treatment or prevention for other conditions among people not infected with the virus.
• B) They do not include health consequences from the economic depression that followed lockdowns of major segments of economies and societies.
• C) They were underestimated due to political pressure to minimize the severity of COVID-19
• D) Both A and B
• E) All of the above

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