5 years on, true counts of COVID-19 deaths remain elusive − and research is hobbled by lack of data

5 years on, true counts of COVID-19 deaths remain elusive − and research is hobbled by lack of data

Source: The Conversation

Death data in the US is fragmented, incomplete and inconsistent. The consequences of undercounted deaths and lack of real-time tracking continue to be felt with each new public health crisis.

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers struggled to grasp the rate of the virus’s spread and the number of related deaths. While hospitals tracked cases and deaths within their walls, the broader picture of mortality across communiti… [7273 chars]

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