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Maeve Bannister

DARK SECRETS: Push to move away from covid death reports | Vintage Vibes

Australia may soon move away from reporting the total number of people who die from COVID-19 each day.

Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says it is time for Australia to move towards a concept known as "excess deaths".

He said in simple terms this is the difference between the number of people expected to die over a period of time, or as a result of an event like a pandemic, and the actual number of deaths recorded.

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