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  • 2020 deadlier than previous five years, even with COVID-19 numbers removed

    Jul 19, 2021 4:15 pm by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    computer science professor Sheldon H. Jacobson and internal medicine professor Janet Jokela. Photo by Brian Stauffer

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    • computer science professor Sheldon H. Jacobson and internal medicine professor Janet Jokela. Photo by Brian Stauffer

    Compared with the previous five years, March through November 2020 saw an increase of more than 450,000 deaths – and more than 176,000 of those were not from COVID-19, according to an analysis of data from the CDC.