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As U.S. nears 800,000 virus deaths, 1 of every 100 older Americans has perished

The New York Times, Dec. 11, 2021

December 11, 2021

As U.S. nears 800,000 virus deaths, 1 of every 100 older Americans has perished

“You can say, ‘They would have died anyway’ about any death, because we’re not immortal,” said Andrew Noymer, an associate professor of public health at the University of California, Irvine. “The point is you’re multiplying years of life lost by hundreds of thousands of deaths.”