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Trump Says the US Has Fewer Excess Deaths Than “Almost Any Other Country” — That’s a Lie – POPSUGAR Australia
Data published in JAMA shows that the US had higher rates of COVID-19 and all-cause mortality during 2020, compared to other countries.
In the opening segment of the second presidential debate, President Donald Trump was pressed on his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As he often does, Trump attempted to downplay the toll the virus has taken on the US, claiming that the nation’s excess mortality rate is “way down and much lower than almost any other country.” Excess mortality refers to the number of deaths observed over a specific period of time, compared to the number that would typically be expected, and it…
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