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The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts

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Countries have reported some five million COVID-19 deaths in two years, but global excess deaths are estimated at double or even quadruple that figure.

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  • David Adam, 2022. "The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts," Nature, Nature, vol. 601(7893), pages 312-315, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:601:y:2022:i:7893:d:10.1038_d41586-022-00104-8
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-00104-8
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