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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDr. Eric Feigl-Ding: True US Coronavirus deaths 300k!
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⚠️True US Coronavirus deaths = ~300k! New study found ~75,000 more people may have died from #COVID19 than recorded in March-July. By examining death certificates, JAMA study determined ~75k additional deaths were indirectly caused by the pandemic. 🧵
usatoday.com/story/news/hea
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About 75,000 more Americans died from COVID-19 pandemic than reported in spring and summer, study finds
Other diseases, delayed care, fear of seeking care and emotional crises stemming from the pandemic may have contributed to excess deaths, experts say.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/10/12/us-covid-deaths-75-k-more-americans-died-than-previously-recorded-excess-deaths/5935813002/
2) There have been some conspiracy theories that the number of deaths from COVID-19 have been exaggerated, said Dr. Steven Woolf, The opposite is the case. Were actually experiencing more death than we thought we were. #COVID19
3) Woolf says the deaths indirectly caused by the pandemic came from illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and heart disease, which sharply increased in the same five states that recorded the most COVID-19 deaths.
4) Delayed care, fear of seeking care or emotional crises stemming from the pandemic could have also contributed to these deaths, he says, as well as inaccurate death certificates that may have misidentified a COVID-19 death.
5) Study CONCLUSIONS: Although total US death counts are remarkably consistent from year to year, US deaths increased by 20% during March-July 2020. COVID-19 was a documented cause of only 67% of these excess deaths. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/
6) Some states had greater difficulty than others in containing community spread, causing protracted elevations in excess deaths that extended into the summer. US deaths attributed to some noninfectious causes increased during COVID-19 surges.
7) Excess deaths attributed to causes other than COVID-19 could reflect deaths from unrecognized or undocumented infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or deaths among uninfected patients resulting from disruptions produced by the pandemic.
8) Bottomline a lot more people died either directly or indirectly due to the Coronavirus pandemic, likely due to delayed or displaced care because of the virus surge. Thats why they are indeed still coronavirus deaths. Excess deaths by state below. #COVID19
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Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding: True US Coronavirus deaths 300k! (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2020
OP
Have undertakers been busier than usual. Seems they would have some useful stats.
BSdetect
Oct 2020
#4
dchill
(38,502 posts)1. I KNEW it.
ihas2stinkyfeet
(1,400 posts)2. it's more than that.
way more. in ny, it was 1 in 10 dead. and they tested widely.
and the red states arent even testing dead bodies, or anyone w/o symptoms.
it's closer to 1m, just based on known cases.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)4. Have undertakers been busier than usual. Seems they would have some useful stats.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)3. We must insist on using these figures. Its more accurate than any GOP crap.