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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Not exactly; not all of it.
It should be noted that the discrepancy between the WHO numbers and other numbers is one of officiousness. WHO has "officially" confirmed their numbers in labs. This suggests the number of fatalities will likely increase, especially if the "reported" deaths in Mexico haven't been "officially" investigated by WHO.
While I agree we shouldn't sensationalize or panic over this, I also wouldn't underestimate something that has the very real potential to kill tens of thousands in the U.S. alone, just as it had at least twice in the past 50 years.
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Yeah, it's the same with AIDS. Not all deaths are subjected to rigourous post-mortem analysis, especially in developing nations, but when someone dies they may simply look at the symptoms that person had prior to death and ascribe the death to a particular (and likely) cause. Without really good lab testing, we can't always say with 100% accuracy what killed the person, we just identify the most likely candidate.