Americans Are Dying In The Pandemic At Rates Far Higher Than In Other Countries

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October 13th, 2020

The number of people dying from COVID-19 since May 10, is on average 50% higher than every other country in the study, adjusting for population size.

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During this pandemic, people in the United States are currently dying at rates unparalleled elsewhere in the world.

A new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that over the last 5 months per capita deaths in the U.S., both from COVID-19 and other causes have been far greater than in 18 other high-income countries.

“It’s shocking. It’s horrible,” says Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a professor of health policy and medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the authors of the study.

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