Cover-up? Vox analysis: Puerto Rico death toll far higher than official count

[Pugster]

Governor Ricardo Rosello, a Trump lover, says that 45 people have died as a result of Hurricane Maria. But a Vox analysis of news reports in Spanish and morgue bodies finds that the death toll could be in the hundreds:

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/10/11/16424356/puerto-rico-official-hurricane-maria-death-toll

We need the truth now.

[Hortensis]

1. It HAS to be far higher. Of course, in 3.4M there will be natural deaths to subtract,

but even so, far too many rural areas were unreached by aid for far too long. Maria destroyed the systems that certify deaths also, which is why the 16 and eventually 45. More medical examiners have been arriving and the numbers of certified deaths should continue to rise, but to what? And no doubt deaths due to lack of basic services also continue to rise.

John Mutter, a disaster researcher at Columbia University who studied the death toll in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, says he’s skeptical of this methodology. “This is the way to go about it if you want to come up with smallest number possible,” he said, adding he suspects the death toll in Puerto Rico from Maria should already be in the hundreds based on what’s known about the conditions on the ground.

Wired also has a good article, published yesterday:

IN PUERTO RICO, NO POWER MEANS NO TELECOMMUNICATIONS
https://www.wired.com/story/in-puerto-rico-no-power-means-no-telecommunications/

When driving along and you see cars pulled to the side of the roads, it often means there's signal, even if extremely weak, to pick up there.