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Well the UK chart also shows that: - Influenza and Pneumonia are counted as one, because the majority of Pneumonia deaths are due to Influenza - Influenza and
by dustinmoris 6y ago
Well the UK chart also shows that:
- Influenza and Pneumonia are counted as one, because the majority of Pneumonia deaths are due to Influenza
- Influenza and Pneumonia deaths have been SUBSTANTIALLY lower ever single month in 2020 than the five year average
- Of the deaths where both influenza and pneumonia, and COVID-19 were mentioned on the death certificate, the underlying cause of death was counted as COVID-19 in 95.8%
So basically this alone already highlights the gross overestimation of COVID-19 deaths. I feels plain wrong to attribute almost all deaths to COVID-19 when the person also had Influenza when it is evident that we've seen so many less Influenza deaths this year. Clearly we're not giving Influenza enough credit in being the cause of death which is wrong IMHO.
Also further below when you look at the age distribution, the vast majority of deaths happened in 80+ year olds, even more in 84+ year olds, which makes one really think. COVID-19 is not nearly as much of a threat to the vast majority of the population as we are made to believe. It seems the people who are dying from COVID-19 are those who have reached an age which is well beyond the average life expectancy of a first world country.
Not saying that COVID-19 isn't a threat, it is, but it's not like the Spanish flu which was killing predominantly young people or the plague which was wiping people of all age groups.
EDIT: Typos corrected.
- scrollaway 6y agoDoesn't it make sense that influenza numbers would be far lower this year given all the health security measures employed for covid?
- dustinmoris 6y agoIt would, but when you look at the data for the last 3 months Influenza has killed more people than COVID-19, so apparently that logic is not true.
- christoph 6y agoIt's also well worth factoring in what Amnesty have just reported about the state of care homes, their residents access to medical care and DNARs in the UK during this period. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/10/uk-older-people-in-care-homes-abandoned-to-die-amid-government-failures-during-covid-19-pandemic/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/10/uk-older-peop...
- MrBuddyCasino 6y ago> It seems the people who are dying from COVID-19 are those who have reached an age which is well beyond the average life expectancy of a first world country. Some data in support of this: „According to the CDC’s data, the survival rate for COVID-19 is as follows: 0-19: 99.997% 20-49: 99.98% 50-69: 99.5% 70 & over: 94.6% Life expectancy in the USA per CDC: 78.7 (2018)“ [0] [0] https://twitter.com/drsimonegold/status/1313948710523424768?s=21 https://twitter.com/drsimonegold/status/1313948710523424768?...
- 0-_-0 6y agoI belive the average age of people who die from COVID is higher than the average of age of people who die