The US government may be done with Covid, but recent CDC data shows an alarming number of Americans are still dying from the respiratory disease

"Nearly four years into the pandemic, hundreds of Americans are still dying every day from Covid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

 

The virus is responsible for around 1,000 deaths and 15,000 hospitalisations each week, CDC Director Mandy Cohen said during a media briefing on 2 December.

 

Death rates briefly dipped below 500 per week in July, the lowest rates since the pandemic began, before steadily increasing to as high as 1,400 in September."

 

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/covid-symptoms-cases-new-spike-b2460186.html

 

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"Data during recent periods are incomplete because of the lag in time between when a death occurs and when a death certificate is completed, submitted to NCHS, and processed for reporting. This delay can range from 1 week to 8 weeks or more, depending on the jurisdiction. The most recent 3 weeks of mortality counts are shaded grey and mortality rates shown as dotted lines because NVSS reporting is <95% during this period."

 

"Deaths include those with COVID-19, coded to ICD–10 code U07.1, as an underlying or contributing cause of death on the death certificate."

 

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklydeaths_select_00

 

 

the graph also shows a dramatic drop from the beginning of november to now. 

3 minutes ago, stoner said:

the graph also shows a dramatic drop from the beginning of november to now. 

They November data are shaded grey for a reason > The most recent 3 weeks of mortality counts are shaded grey and mortality rates shown as dotted lines because NVSS reporting is <95% during this period

13 minutes ago, stoner said:

the graph also shows a dramatic drop from the beginning of november to now. 

 

I guess that's why, as RedPhoenix correctly reiterated above, I included the following details and CDC explanation of the blue versus gray sections of their COVID deaths graphic above. Even bolded it for the reading challenged:

 

"Data during recent periods are incomplete because of the lag in time between when a death occurs and when a death certificate is completed, submitted to NCHS, and processed for reporting. This delay can range from 1 week to 8 weeks or more, depending on the jurisdiction. The most recent 3 weeks of mortality counts are shaded grey and mortality rates shown as dotted lines because NVSS reporting is <95% during this period."

 

 

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8 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

I guess that's why, as RedPhoenix correctly reiterated above, I included the following details and CDC explanation of the blue versus gray sections of their COVID deaths graphic above. Even bolded it for the reading challenged:

 

"Data during recent periods are incomplete because of the lag in time between when a death occurs and when a death certificate is completed, submitted to NCHS, and processed for reporting. This delay can range from 1 week to 8 weeks or more, depending on the jurisdiction. The most recent 3 weeks of mortality counts are shaded grey and mortality rates shown as dotted lines because NVSS reporting is <95% during this period."

 

 

 

ok and the clear decline since mid september ? no bold or complete data needed to see the trend. 

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This is what happens in very unhealthy populations. Healthy people have no need at all to worry about covid infection, especially sine mose of us have had it at least once. Infection and its ensuing immunity is good. 

The latest from the CDC... the COVID trends in general are UP! And weekly COVID deaths remain above 1,000 per week, as per the OP report.

 

Rising Emergency Dept visits and hospitalizations for COVID now usually translate into rising numbers of COVID deaths in future weeks.

 

 

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home

 

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15 minutes ago, DavisH said:

mose of us have had it at least once. Infection and its ensuing immunity is good. 

 

Immunity from prior infections is temporary and waning over time, and even more so when the virus variant from a person's original infection ends up being very different from the latest COVID variants circulating in the world.

 

Past infections aren't any kind of ticket to COVID-free futures. But prior COVID infections do come with a potential long list of both short-term and long-term health risks and complications.

 

Repeat COVID infections appear to predispose patients to disease, death

Repeat SARS-CoV-2 infections confer significant additional risk of adverse multi-organ medical conditions and poor outcomes such as hospitalization, diabetes, kidney disease, mental illness, death, and diseases affecting the lungs, heart, brain, blood, and musculoskeletal systems, suggests a study published yesterday in Nature Medicine.

 

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-19-scan-nov-11-2022

 

 

COVID-19 can cause brain shrinkage, memory loss - study

"March 8 (Reuters) - COVID-19 can cause the brain to shrink, reduce grey matter in the regions that control emotion and memory, and damage areas that control the sense of smell, an Oxford University study has found.

 

The scientists said that the effects were even seen in people who had not been hospitalised with COVID, and whether the impact could be partially reversed or if they would persist in the long term needed further investigation."

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/covid-19-can-cause-brain-shrinkage-memory-loss-study-2022-03-08/

 

 

 

 

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