Category: mortality
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This is the first part of a multi-part blog series on long term morbidity associated with COVID-19 infection (how many parts there will be in the series remains to be determined). In this post, Part 1 in the series, I will discuss what long-term COVID is like and the general impact of it on the…
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If something causes the death rate to increase, it is reasonable to expect life expectancy to decrease. This is what has happened in the US during the pandemic.
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India is in the throes of a second major Covid-19 surge that has hit faster and harder than the first wave did.
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British public health officials just warned that the virus variant is just not more contagious, it also is 30-40% more lethal.
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CDC estimates that 92,000 people will die in the next three weeks. That is almost 31,000 deaths a week, more than double the death rate in early December.
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…states that have the most lax restrictions, or most resistance to common-sense safe practices are bearing the brunt of the pandemic.
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One third of all hospitals have 90-100% occupancy of ICU beds and coronavirus patients now take up almost 50% of all staffed ICU beds in the US– up from 37% in the first week of November.
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That makes COVID-19 the leading cause of death for Americans by a considerable margin…
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While total US deaths usually are remarkably consistent from year to year, this study reported a 20% increase in total deaths between March 1 and August 1 this year compared to historical data.
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