Epidemiologists warn the U.S. coronavirus death toll is actually far higher than official statistics show, almost surely missing many thousands of virus victims.
“Those numbers are only as good as the death certificates that they're based on. And that depends upon the people who are filling them out,” said Dr. James Gill, Connecticut’s chief medical examiner, and vice president of the National Association of Medical Examiners.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were thousands more deaths in March and April than normal for those months — even when known coronavirus deaths are factored in. In Washington, the numbers have also become highly politicized -– and a grim yardstick against which Trump may be measured as he runs for re-election.
“I see, this morning, where New York added 3,000 deaths because they died,” Trump said in mid-April. “And they're now saying, rather than, ‘It was a heart attack,’ they're saying, ‘It was a heart attack caused by this.’ So they're adding.”this week found. Not surprisingly, the split was partisan: Republicans were more likely to believe the death toll is overinflated, while Democrats are more likely to believe it’s underinflated.
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