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New research suggests COVID was less deadly than thought in first year of pandemic
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 03:10AM
COVID-19 was less lethal across nearly every age group in its first full year than previously thought, according to an updated review of global research from Stanford University's Meta-Research Innovation Center (METRIC).
Between summer and Christmas 2021, METRIC's estimates of deaths from infection fell by half in multiple age groups, including young people, and less sharply in others.
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