Where does this come from? My understanding is that covid deaths ARE pneumonia deaths. That is to say that pneumonia is the way that covid kills the people that do die of it, same as any other respiratory infection.
In previous years pneumonia, cold, and flu are all lumped together for cause of death statistics.
The data is from the CDC. There is a column for Pneumonia with or without COVID deaths and one for Pneumonia with COVID death, so I calculated the difference which is Pneumonia without COVID deaths. And then I just calculated and graphed the percentages.
Well, what you did makes sense. The CDC's claim that covid related pneumonia outstrips all other causes of pneumonia still doesn't pass the smell test for me.
Where does this come from? My understanding is that covid deaths ARE pneumonia deaths. That is to say that pneumonia is the way that covid kills the people that do die of it, same as any other respiratory infection.
In previous years pneumonia, cold, and flu are all lumped together for cause of death statistics.
Link to CDC
The data is from the CDC. There is a column for Pneumonia with or without COVID deaths and one for Pneumonia with COVID death, so I calculated the difference which is Pneumonia without COVID deaths. And then I just calculated and graphed the percentages.
Thanks. That makes more sense.
Well, what you did makes sense. The CDC's claim that covid related pneumonia outstrips all other causes of pneumonia still doesn't pass the smell test for me.