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2023-05-02 03:19:38 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C1A474F1E2566E5588DF14B4EDB474C52E03461FD5B48B93CD378368D677BF8A
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According to the CDC, it overcounted deaths attributed to COVID because of a “coding error”. 72,277 deaths were removed from the tracker “because CDC’s algorithm was accidentally counting deaths that were not Covid-19-related” https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/24/cdc-coding-error-overcount-covid-deaths Leanna Wen MD on death overcounts https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/13/covid-pandemic-deaths-hospitalizations-overcounting/ https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/massachusetts-reports-significant-overcount-of-covid-deaths/2665981/?amp=1
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