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I find that hard to believe....but that's what their study says
'According to study, “in contrast to most people’s assumptions, the number of deaths by COVID-19 is not alarming. In fact, it has relatively no effect on deaths in the United States.”
"After retrieving data on the CDC website, Briand compiled a graph representing percentages of total deaths per age category from early February to early September, which includes the period from before COVID-19 was detected in the U.S. to after infection rates soared.
Surprisingly, the deaths of older people stayed the same before and after COVID-19. Since COVID-19 mainly affects the elderly, experts expected an increase in the percentage of deaths in older age groups. However, this increase is not seen from the CDC data. In fact, the percentages of deaths among all age groups remain relatively the same…"
"…When Briand looked at the 2020 data during that seasonal period, COVID-19-related deaths exceeded deaths from heart diseases. This was highly unusual since heart disease has always prevailed as the leading cause of deaths. However, when taking a closer look at the death numbers, she noted something strange. As Briand compared the number of deaths per cause during that period in 2020 to 2018, she noticed that instead of the expected drastic increase across all causes, there was a significant decrease in deaths due to heart disease. Even more surprising, as seen in the graph below, this sudden decline in deaths is observed for all other causes."
Yeah, we know. There is identical thread in H&W section.
Thing is, our opinion on this does not matter.
John Hopkins research does not matter.
What matters is whatever media is bullhorning, as I type. Wag them in opposite direction and, by tomorrow afternoon, there will be no more pandemic. In 2 weeks, if wagged the right way, humanity will forget about pandemic, masks, distancing and such.
No. Johns Hopkins University did the study. They are considered an elite research university and were in fact the first university on Earth to spend more than $1 Billion in a single year on research.
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Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81
No doubt the families of 260,000 people would disagree.
You are arguing feelings and not facts.
2018 thus far at this point has had slightly more deaths than 2020 has. Many of the dead people from Covid had severe health issues and would have likely died from those severe health issues, which is why the university study points out some the severe conditions that normally kill people in bigger numbers are down.
Keep in mind that the lockdowns have also killed people.
The OP provided a link from Johns Hopkins. Do you know how to click on a link? I can help you with that if you'd like to send me a message I'm happy to explain!
Good, the quarantine measures we've been taking to keep the death rate down are working. Was that the point?
not at all....unless you think quarantine stopped deaths from other causes
...because deaths from other causes is what went down
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