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im no forever masker or anything, but this is false. we just now have to live with a slightly elevated death rate due to covid


>a slightly elevated death rate due to covid

Is that a fact? Do we now have a higher all cause mortality rate from pre-covid era?


No. And even during covid the all cause mortality rate was below pre 90s rates.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/189670/death-rates-for-a...

The highest cause was heart disease (~680K) which has a best preventative step of maintaining at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise weekly. Between 45% to 50% of Americans, of any age, are estimated to have done that.




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