Pandemics and the English Language: Concepts Critical for Conversing About COVID-19.

Pathog Immun · 2022 · PMC9671210 · PMID 36407560

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How should we classify deaths of people with an ongoing serious medical condition for which they could not get timely treatment due to the changes in the availability of medical care caused by a surge in cases of COVID-19? These lives are lost because of a different condition but likely earlier than would otherwise have been the case specifically due to effects of the pandemic, an indirect but highly significant influence.

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