In March 2020, the CDC abruptly changed how death certificates were recorded. While this might seem like a mere formality, the CDC only made this change for one type of death — COVID-19 — and circumvented multiple federal laws to do so. Join our panel of experts — researchers, doctors, lawyers, medical ethicists, educators and…
Tag: Excess Deaths
WGN9 reports “COVID-19 may eventually be no worse than childhood cold, study finds”
COVID-19 is known to cause life-threatening, and sometimes fatal, outcomes today. But in the future, contracting the virus may be akin to coming down with a common childhood cold. Using data from other human coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-1, researchers from Emory University and Pennsylvania State University have determined that, eventually, COVID-19 will resemble other common childhood…
John Hopkins reports “Covid-19 Deaths: A Look at U.S. Data”
The MS in Applied Economics hosted a friendly conversation on a morose topic on November 11, 2020. This presentation was led by Dr. Genevieve Briand, MS in Applied Economics Assistant Program Director. Genevieve went over where the data could be accessed and downloaded. Together with her, event attendees were invited to think critically about the…
MSN reports “CDC: 94% of Covid-19 deaths had underlying medical conditions”
The Centers for Disease Control released information showing how many people who died from COVID-19 had comorbidities or underlying conditions as they are sometimes referred to by doctors. According to the CDC, comorbidity is defined as: ” more than one disease or condition is present in the same person at the same time. Conditions described as…
AARP reports “Is Extended Isolation Killing Older Adults in Long-Term Care?”
Five months of COVID-19 lockdowns have created a mental health crisis In February, Lorri Evans’ mom was walking the equivalent of four blocks, twice a day, around her memory care facility in Santa Cruz, California. “She used a walker for support,” Evans says, “but her legs worked fairly well for someone who is 99.” “Just…
ResearchGate reports “Evaluation of the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 in France, from all-cause mortality 1946-2020”
We are certain that this “COVID-peak” is artificial because it: i. occurs sharply (one-month width) at an unprecedented location in the seasonal cycle of all-cause mortality (centered at the end of March), 2 ii. is absent in many jurisdictions (34 of the USA States have no “COVID-peak”), and iii. varies widely in magnitude from jurisdiction…
Medical Xpress reports “Study: 35% of excess deaths in pandemic’s early months tied to causes other than COVID-19”
Since COVID-19’s spread to the United States earlier this year, death rates in the U.S. have risen significantly. But deaths attributed to COVID-19 only account for about two-thirds of the increase in March and April, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Yale…