George Washington University study estimates Hurricane Maria deaths in Puerto Rico at 2,975
It’s been a long, arduous process of putting together the broken pieces of the post-Hurricane story, as thousands were reported dead or missing in Puerto Rico after the disaster’s wake. The statistics that calculated the death toll were worryingly uncertain, and the media was left to report a reality obscured by gaping numerical inconsistencies. A recent George Washington University study may have cleared up a bit of the muddled picture, as researchers estimated 2,975 excess deaths following the hurricane. The study not only found a population reduction of 8% between September 2017 and February 2018, but it also examines...
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