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​Tuberculosis, once called consumption, was the world's biggest infectious killer before the arrival of COVID-19, with 1.5 million people dying from the disease each year.
​With global COVID-19 deaths steadily declining, "TB has regained the dubious distinction," Spigelman said.
​The TB Alliance, a non-profit working to develop and deliver faster-acting and affordable drugs against the disease, especially in poorer countries, points out that based on the annual death rate, TB kills 4,109 people a day.
​That compares to 1,449 people a day dying due to COVID-19, calculated from the 40,578 deaths reported in the past 28 days on the Johns Hopkins University dashboard.
The bad part is that COVID negatively affected the fight against TB.
In fact, the pandemic had a devastating impact on efforts to battle tuberculosis, with TB hospitals taken over for COVID-19 care, and lockdowns preventing patients from coming in for diagnosis and care.
​As a result, the number of annual TB deaths swelled for the first time in a decade in 2020.
The article also mentions that TB could be eradicated if the amount of resources used for COVID went towards fighting TB. But since TB is a disease for the poor, and not the rich - there is not as much interest.
I'm guessing a lot has to do with the novelty or newness of the contagion. People expect a certain amount of deaths from a familiar contagion, but the new contagion's lethality hasn't been established/accepted yet.
Take cars for example. 30,000 people die in car crashes every year and it is not really talked about. But if a few people die in self-driving cars (a new novelty), it becomes a topic of controversy.
I'm guessing a lot has to do with the novelty or newness of the contagion. People expect a certain amount of deaths from a familiar contagion, but the new contagion's lethality hasn't been established/accepted yet.
Take cars for example. 30,000 people die in car crashes every year and it is not really talked about. But if a few people die in self-driving cars (a new novelty), it becomes a topic of controversy.
That's definitely part of it. Influenza we are well acquainted with and HC has accommodated for it a long time. Roughly 100 USA deaths per day. Covid is still at about 400.
"However, preliminary CDC data suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial effect on TB disease.
CDC data show that reported TB disease diagnoses fell 20% in 2020 and remained 13% lower in 2021 than pre-pandemic levels.
These declines may be related to factors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, including a true reduction in TB
incidence as well as missed or delayed TB disease diagnoses. For example, efforts to prevent COVID-19 may also reduce TB.
Other factors include widespread disruptions to health care and similarities in symptoms between COVID-19 and TB disease."
That's definitely part of it. Influenza we are well acquainted with and HC has accommodated for it a long time. Roughly 100 USA deaths per day. Covid is still at about 400.
It's an apples to oranges comparison. How we count Influenza deaths is very different from COVID19 deaths.
If we tested people en masse for Influenza, and counted an Influenza death as any Influenza diag code on either part 1 or part 2 of their death certificate, like we do for COVID, then Influenza deaths will explode. How you count things matter.
It's an apples to oranges comparison. How we count Influenza deaths is very different from COVID19 deaths.
If we tested people en masse for Influenza, and counted an Influenza death as any Influenza diag code on either part 1 or part 2 of their death certificate, like we do for COVID, then Influenza deaths will explode. How you count things matter.
Influenza hasn't 'exploded' in years. But it is returning.
Where are they calling dying 'with' and not 'from' Covid, a Covid related death?
​Tuberculosis, once called consumption, was the world's biggest infectious killer before the arrival of COVID-19, with 1.5 million people dying from the disease each year.
​With global COVID-19 deaths steadily declining, "TB has regained the dubious distinction," Spigelman said.
​The TB Alliance, a non-profit working to develop and deliver faster-acting and affordable drugs against the disease, especially in poorer countries, points out that based on the annual death rate, TB kills 4,109 people a day.
​That compares to 1,449 people a day dying due to COVID-19, calculated from the 40,578 deaths reported in the past 28 days on the Johns Hopkins University dashboard.
The bad part is that COVID negatively affected the fight against TB.
In fact, the pandemic had a devastating impact on efforts to battle tuberculosis, with TB hospitals taken over for COVID-19 care, and lockdowns preventing patients from coming in for diagnosis and care.
​As a result, the number of annual TB deaths swelled for the first time in a decade in 2020.
The article also mentions that TB could be eradicated if the amount of resources used for COVID went towards fighting TB. But since TB is a disease for the poor, and not the rich - there is not as much interest.
Covid never was the main threat to society. Infectious diseases are not the main threat to society.
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