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We could be vastly overestimating the death rate for COVID-19. Here's why

Workers prepare part of a delivery of 64 hospital beds from Hillrom to The Mount Sinai Hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 31, 2020

Workers prepare part of a delivery of 64 hospital beds to The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York Image: REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Nina Schwalbe
Member of the Council on Foreign Relations; Principal Visiting Fellow, United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
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