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by tristanj 2297 days ago
> hundreds of thousands of deaths from Covid-19

I find that a severe underestimate. Barring a miracle medical cure, given the death rates we've seen so far the number of deaths will be in the tens of millions.

It's not hard to estimate the number of deaths with a spreadsheet https://i.imgur.com/e86IcaK.png

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A high fatality rate skewed towards the old could end the pension crisis.