Tag: COVID-19 death toll

Lockdowns Prevented Few COVID-19 Deaths Compared to Typical Flu Season Study Reveals

Researchers have concluded that lockdowns should be “rejected out of hand” to control future pandemics as they failed to significantly reduce deaths. Experts from Johns Hopkins University and Lund University claim that measures taken to curb COVID-19 in the spring of 2020 failed to significantly reduce deaths while imposing severe economic and social costs. The…


Over 80 Percent of Deaths During Pandemic Linked to COVID-19: Study

More than 80 percent of excess deaths in the United States between 2020 and 2022 are attributable to COVID-19, with many excess deaths from illnesses like Alzheimer’s and diabetes also tied to the infection, according to a recent study. The study looked to uncover the number of excess deaths that occurred in the country between…


The COVID Death Toll Myth in China

Commentary George Bernard Shaw once said, “Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.” He wasn’t exaggerating a bit. The swift end of Beijing’s zero-COVID policy brought the reported COVID-19 numbers in China closer to reality, but they are still far from commonsensical. Even Hu Xijin, a pro-Beijing propagandist often mocked for his undecorated fawning, conceded…


China Is ‘Heavily’ Underreporting Number of COVID-19 Deaths, Says WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has admitted that China is grossly underreporting the number of citizens who have died from COVID-19 infections, a criticism that comes at a time when the nation is said to be reeling under a massive increase in the number of infections and deaths. The WHO is continuing to “appeal” to…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Aug. 25)

Evacuation efforts got 19,000 people out from the Kabul airport in the past 24 hours, President Joe Biden talks cybersecurity with key leaders in the private sector, and New York updates its COVID-19 death toll.


Italy Reports 280 Coronavirus Deaths on Saturday, 18,916 New Cases

ROME—Italy reported 280 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 253 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections declined to 18,916 from Friday’s 20,499. Some 323,047 tests for COVID-19 were carried out in the past day, compared with 325,404 previously, the ministry said. Italy has registered 97,507 deaths linked to…


Coronavirus Deaths Rising in 30 US States Amid Winter Surge

NEW YORK—Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold. As Americans observed a national holiday Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleaded with federal authorities to curtail travel from countries where new…