Coronavirus Thread
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Read as "Dont put our core voters at risk"
figmentPez
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A few months ago I would have rated that WTF? Now, I'm tempted to rate it Spoiler.
“Pneumonia kills about 50,000 people each year in the U.S., according to the CDC.
This year, at least 89,555 deaths have been attributed nationwide to pneumonia between February and mid-May.
It tends to follow a typical flu season, coming on in December and peaking in January and February before declining in March to April.
But preliminary CDC data from this year show pneumonia deaths steadily climbed in March to peak in April, mirroring the trend line for deaths linked to the coronavirus outbreak.
Surrounding states are also seeing death counts several times greater than normal:
Indiana: 1,832 COVID-19 deaths; 2,149 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 384)
Illinois: 4,856 COVID-19 deaths; 3,986 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 782)
Tennessee: 336 COVID-19 deaths; 1,704 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 611)
Ohio: 1,969 COVID-19 deaths; 2,327 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 820)
Virginia: 1,208 COVID-19 deaths; 1,394 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 451)
West Virginia: 72 COVID-19 deaths; 438 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 117)”
This year, at least 89,555 deaths have been attributed nationwide to pneumonia between February and mid-May.
It tends to follow a typical flu season, coming on in December and peaking in January and February before declining in March to April.
But preliminary CDC data from this year show pneumonia deaths steadily climbed in March to peak in April, mirroring the trend line for deaths linked to the coronavirus outbreak.
Surrounding states are also seeing death counts several times greater than normal:
Indiana: 1,832 COVID-19 deaths; 2,149 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 384)
Illinois: 4,856 COVID-19 deaths; 3,986 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 782)
Tennessee: 336 COVID-19 deaths; 1,704 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 611)
Ohio: 1,969 COVID-19 deaths; 2,327 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 820)
Virginia: 1,208 COVID-19 deaths; 1,394 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 451)
West Virginia: 72 COVID-19 deaths; 438 pneumonia deaths (five-year average: 117)”
Yeah! See! There's a huge, hidden pneumonia issue going on, but that's just getting swept under the rug by the Deep State, with no actions taken and no help offered, meanwhile they and the MSM insists on focussing on Covid which is totally not a problem. Scandalous!
It was a tweet purporting to show a 2x-4x increase for deaths labeled as "pneumonia" in 2020 for three of the reddist states (FL, GA, can't remember the other one).
--Patrick
...and Texas.
Not surprised about Florida. I've been saying for a month and a half that the numbers in the hardest hit part of the state were obviously under-reported.
I was hoping the Financial Times would have excess data broken down by US state by now, but no such luck.
Sadness for what could have been if our president wasn't a raging egomaniac.
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That's old news by now. Ancient by COVID time standards.
The Guess WHO is better.
figmentPez
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In case anyone doubted that the spread of COVID-19 is getting worse, not better: Walt Disney World Officially Retracts July 11 Reopening Date for Resort Hotels
Oh, by the way, taking away funding from the WHO? I think there might be a reason...
figmentPez
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New York Times: What Is the Real Coronavirus Death Toll in Each State?
"Through May 2, excess deaths in the parts of the United States with sufficient data were about 33 percent higher than the official coronavirus fatality count. If this pattern holds for the rest of the country, it would put the current death toll at more than 135,000 people."
12 states have death counts >10% above normal.
19 more states have significantly increased deaths.
Despite the fact that a lot of this data is still incomplete, and that the numbers can be effected by a number of other factors (raised by people avoiding going to the hospital for other ailments, lowered by people staying at home and not driving, etc.), there's some pretty strong evidence that COVID-19 is causing a lot of people to die, and that it's probably more than the official count, and almost certainly not less.
"Through May 2, excess deaths in the parts of the United States with sufficient data were about 33 percent higher than the official coronavirus fatality count. If this pattern holds for the rest of the country, it would put the current death toll at more than 135,000 people."
12 states have death counts >10% above normal.
19 more states have significantly increased deaths.
Despite the fact that a lot of this data is still incomplete, and that the numbers can be effected by a number of other factors (raised by people avoiding going to the hospital for other ailments, lowered by people staying at home and not driving, etc.), there's some pretty strong evidence that COVID-19 is causing a lot of people to die, and that it's probably more than the official count, and almost certainly not less.
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figmentPez
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Roberts Upholds COVID-19 Restrictions on Churches, Scolds Kavanaugh
The chief justice has lost patience with conservatives' efforts to overturn public health orders.