CDC statistics: from what people infected with coronavirus actually die

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control shows that 94% of people who died from COVID-19 in the United States had other health problems. Axios.

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Despite this claim, Australian epidemiologist Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz said in his blog that, according to the CDC, it was COVID-19 that was the leading cause of 95% of all deaths associated with the virus. In only 5% of deaths, it was reported as a co-cause.

This report does not mean that COVID is easier than it seemed. Of Statistics The CDC's excess (more-than-expected) deaths make it clear that more people die from COVID than usual from other diseases. The fact that pre-existing diseases often coincide with the deadly coronavirus infection is not at all a reason to write off the danger.

Incidentally, Twitter deleted a message retweeted by US President Donald Trump on August 30 for violating the rules and misinterpreting the CDC's coronavirus data.

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The report erroneously claimed that the CDC had "quietly" updated its data "to acknowledge that only 6%" of those listed as coronavirus deaths in the US "actually died from COVID" and that "the remaining 94% there were 2-3 other serious illnesses,” CNN notes.

The conspiracy theorist post has been removed.

Although from February 1 to August 22 in the United States, the coronavirus was listed as the sole cause of 6% of deaths among those infected, this does not mean that the virus was not a contributing factor or became the leading cause in the remaining 94%.

It is well known that people with underlying medical conditions are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 illness.

“People can live for years with obesity, diabetes or heart disease, but then become infected with COVID-19 and quickly die,” CNN notes.

For every death with underlying conditions or causes, including COVID-19, there were 2,6 associated conditions or causes, according to the CDC.

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The CDC reports that the main diseases associated with coronavirus deaths were:

• flu and pneumonia;
• respiratory failure;
• hypertonic disease;
• diabetes;
• vascular and unspecified dementia;
• heart failure;
• heart failure;
• kidney failure;
• intentional and unintentional injury, poisoning and other adverse events;
• other medical conditions.

According to Worldometers, as of Monday evening, August 31, more than 187,5 deaths were associated with the coronavirus in the United States.

6,2 million people have tested positive for the virus and over 3,4 million have recovered.

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