[snarkytart]

Lower than expected because of travel bans and “UNPROVEN” medicine that POTUS mentioned.

[cherry]

number might even be smaller due to the fact that so many deaths were credited to covid with patients who were very elderly, had chf,copd,diab and dementia..

playing devils advocate, its also possible that many deaths came early in Dec, Nov. january...and were not tested for covid....but that would also mean that covid was much more pervasive in our country..

[Sicon]

Lower than expected because of travel bans

Wrong. The models assumed “mitigation”... They were all spectacularly incorrect.

[Flick Lives]

Lower than expected because of travel bans and “UNPROVEN” medicine that POTUS mentioned.

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You mean “touted”. ;-)