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China had almost 2 million excess deaths after the end of ‘zero-Covid,’ U.S. study finds (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (7 children)

So about 1/3 per capita compared to the US?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Well the government misrepresenting the figures is also a big part of the article but that also happened in the US. Then they anonymously quote a source who "fears government retaliation" for speaking out. Something which actually happened to a whistleblower in Florida.

But hey, China Bad.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

As fucky as shit is in this country I'd rather live here than China and plenty of Chinese friends of mine who left would never go back.

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