future studies conclude that 11 years is too optimistic.

Having said that, it’s an actual peer-reviewed academic study performed by scientists with no evident bias to overstate the number, so I think it’s worth thinking about. I think we can agree that their study’s carries much more weight than speculation by amateurs and politically-biased anonymous internet posters.

I also think it’s compelling enough to assume that most people who died of COVID likely would not have passed away within the year, as many posters here like to speculate.