Hebrew University of Jerusalem research team

New Capabilities

Study published and publicized September 2026

Russia and Chile have near-identical capacity to register deaths. One reported COVID mortality accurately. The other underreported by 24%. A new study from Hebrew University of Jerusalem examined 134 countries and found 45-55% of governments misreported COVID deaths during 2020-2021, a gap the authors argue comes down to institutional constraints, not counting ability.

Updated 2 hours ago