Yeah and people who contract Ebola die from organ failure and blood loss. Millions of people died in the past year that would otherwise be alive. That’s a pandemic.
That is simply not true. The number of deaths in the US remained relatively stable from 2019 to 2020. Even among the older population of those more susceptible to complications of covid, the number of deaths didn't change...only the supposed cause did.
The article you linked states that the statistics for 2020 are still being updated. The official results for 2019 have been released and show, "The CDC counted 2,854,838 U.S. deaths last year, or nearly 16,000 more than 2018." That is actually LESS than the expected yearly increase of 20-30k. As this article continues, "That's fairly good news: Deaths usually rise by about 20,000 to 50,000 each year, mainly due to the nation's aging, and growing, population. Indeed, the age-adjusted death rate dropped about 1% in 2019, and life expectancy rose by about six weeks to 78.8 years, the CDC reported."
Yeah and people who contract Ebola die from organ failure and blood loss. Millions of people died in the past year that would otherwise be alive. That’s a pandemic.
That is simply not true. The number of deaths in the US remained relatively stable from 2019 to 2020. Even among the older population of those more susceptible to complications of covid, the number of deaths didn't change...only the supposed cause did.
https://web.archive.org/web/20201126223119/https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/a-closer-look-at-u-s-deaths-due-to-covid-19
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/14/us/covid-19-death-toll.html
The article you linked states that the statistics for 2020 are still being updated. The official results for 2019 have been released and show, "The CDC counted 2,854,838 U.S. deaths last year, or nearly 16,000 more than 2018." That is actually LESS than the expected yearly increase of 20-30k. As this article continues, "That's fairly good news: Deaths usually rise by about 20,000 to 50,000 each year, mainly due to the nation's aging, and growing, population. Indeed, the age-adjusted death rate dropped about 1% in 2019, and life expectancy rose by about six weeks to 78.8 years, the CDC reported."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/22/2020-deadliest-year-united-states-coronavirus/4006270001/
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