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Ontario study finds only SARS-CoV-2 predicted mortality

Original: In Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 researchers looked at flu A, flu B, RSV, and SARS2: During the combined pandemic period (March 202

Researchers in Ontario, Canada examined flu A, flu B, RSV, and SARS-CoV-2 activity across the combined pandemic period from March 2020 to February 2025. Their analysis found that only SARS-CoV-2 activity predicted mortality during that time, though the prediction may have been weak, with debate ongoing over how many deaths were attributable to the virus or its sequelae.

Why now: The finding that COVID-19, not influenza or RSV, drove pandemic-period mortality is striking and prompts discussion about the virus's true death toll.

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• In Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 researchers looked at flu A, flu B, RSV, and SARS2: During the combined pandemic period (March 2020–February 2025), only SARS-CoV-2 activity predicted mortality But maybe it predicted it weakly! How many actual deaths were due to SARS2 or sequelae to… · datum@zeroes.ca · 9

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