The Covid-19 pandemic and the expansion of the mortality gap between the United States and its European peers (IMAGE)

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The Covid-19 pandemic and the expansion of the mortality gap between the United States and its European peers

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Heuveline found that the number of excess deaths between the US and the five European countries did indeed increase between 2017 and 2021, and that Covid-19 mortality contributed to this increase.

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