Not exactly new news, but for the record …
- About 1 in 4 C-19 deaths have been folks over 85.
- About 2 in 3 have been over 65
- Practically no deaths for those under 35.
Source: WSJ, CDC
Archive for June 10th, 2020
Update: 2/3s of C-19 deaths have been 65 and over…
June 10, 2020Can following “the science” around in circles be hazardous to your health?
June 10, 2020At a minimum, it can make you dizzy…
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I sense that coronavirus interest has started to wane, so you might have missed this one.
From the get-go, we were warned of that “silent spreaders” — the 50% of people who get infected by the coronavirus but never show any of the symptoms — would, in fact, spread the virus like wildfire. So, bunker down.
Based on modeling studies the WHO had advised that as much as 41% of transmission may be due to asymptomatic people … spreading through loud talking, singing or shouting. Source: WaPo
But, earlier this week the WHO — the “gold standard” in worldwide medical expertise — did a u-turn:
Specifically, Maria Van Kerkhove, a Stanford trained MD who is the WHO’s technical lead for coronavirus response said:
From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual.
We have a number of reports from countries who are doing very detailed contact tracing.
They’re following asymptomatic cases, they’re following contacts and they’re not finding secondary transmission onward. Source: CNN
Whew! One less thing to fret about, right?
Not so fast, mes amies…
It took the WHO less than 24 hours to turn the u-turn into a full 360….
June 10: C-19 Key NATIONAL & STATES Data
June 10, 2020Caution: 6 states (none in top 12) didn’t report any deaths
… either no new deaths to report or report just wasn’t submitted
1,093 Daily New Deaths Worldometer
> 7-day average 1,033
> Peaked on April 21
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Cumulative Deaths
114,154 Worldometer
173,019 by Aug 4 @ current 7-day M.A.
IHME Model Cume US Death Projection:
140,496 by Aug. 4 Rev. UP 5,387 6/6
462 = Implied Daily New Deaths until Aug 4
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Key States Data
click to enlarge table
Bottom 39 states with more than 25 New Deaths:
GA (77), TX (27), NC (27)
click to see C-19 Data Reference Guide: ALL STATES and Data Recap: The BOTTOM 39
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