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https://www.who.int/data/stories/the-true-death-toll-of-covid-19-estimating-global-excess-mortality
More than 3 million in 2020 alone. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it were closer to 14-15 million worldwide at this point.
And the worst part is most of those deaths were totally, tragically preventable. "Muh economy" lol you can't produce shit with dead workers...