Monday, December 14, 2020

Misleading with statistics: CDC reported Covid-19 deaths in the United States

 Below are official CDC deaths statistics for the United States as of 12/9/2020:

Age groupCOVID-19 DeathsTotal DeathsPneumonia DeathsPneumonia and COVID-19 DeathsInfluenza DeathsPneumonia, Influenza, or COVID-19 Deaths
All Ages261,5302,703,232257,672119,5606,868405,464
Under 1 year2915,187146415186
0-17 years13326,90842121123656
1-4 years172,82392242149
5-14 years464,540124753216
15-24 years44929,16758715755930
18-29 years1,08951,5171,3494461032,085
25-34 years1,90959,6762,1048511543,301
30-49 years11,247178,90610,5795,09557417,224
35-44 years4,91784,3974,7242,1862517,676
45-54 years13,080153,62112,3866,20559319,745
50-64 years39,951444,64241,22619,7441,63062,771
55-64 years31,973352,56233,41215,8941,26750,533
65-74 years55,985536,98257,77327,7991,49787,200
75-84 years70,815654,48271,27233,5601,520109,827
85 years and over82,310809,79575,05232,8951,421125,701
65 years and over209,1102,001,259204,09794,2544,438322,728
as a percentage80%74%79%79%65%80%

What is it now? Are total death from Covid-19 more like 260,000 or only around 119,000?
Why is not made more public that mostly older folks (65 and older) are affected by Covid-19. To be more precise around 80% of deaths.
Why do we not focus more on the elderly? Why do all ages have to wear masks in public spaces or have to suffer through general lockdown etc. etc. There has been a strong suspicion for a long time that almost any death among elderly and others is quasi automatically attributed to Covid-19, because it is so convenient and it triggers more government and other money! I bet, when the dust finally settles on this Covid-19 pandemic, we will learn that the numbers were largely exaggerated! But we are told daily to believe (inexact) science!
Healthy scepticism is a better guide!

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