The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:57h | UTCThe pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts – Nature
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The official global death toll for the COVID-19 pandemic has reached 5.5 million, but that figure is a significant underestimate. @Nature reports how researchers are striving to narrow the uncertainties for a global estimate of pandemic deaths. https://t.co/061s4SJrRD
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