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And don't forget that countries have different ways to count COVID deaths. In the UK it's everyone who dies of any cause within 28 days of a positive test. Some other countries only consider COVID deaths if the patients had pneumonia.

And depending on the testing (availability, sensitivity) the death counts could be underestimated as well.

It will be an interesting challenge to get compatible statistics from different countries.

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> In the UK it's everyone who dies of any cause within 28 days of a positive test

But not everyone who has 'coronavirus' on the death certificate... Just to be clear here, if excess death rates are to be believed, it's likely that the UK is under reporting deaths.

PS: The "any cause" thing is also untrue, as far as I can see. Apparently, 88% of COVID patients who die do so within 28 days, so you can sort of guess at the undercounting going on here.

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