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Ron DeSantis: “The World Health Organization said it was 3.4% [mortality…”

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Published | Video Starts at 1:40:56

But this is something that clearly had spread beyond just a few thousand cases. And so. But what that also told you is the mortality rate was lower than what the World Health Organization. The World Health Organization said it was 3.4% [mortality rate]. Well, I mean, if you have 3.4%, if you have 100 million that eventually get infected, that's a massive death rate reality. That was the case rate. (1:40:56–1:40:59)

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Asserts that WHO reported a 3.4% COVID-19 mortality rate.

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