You’ll want to look for NCHS data if you’re looking for correct information. That’s info directly from the CDC that is being ignored in the conversation. Between week 40 of 2013 and week 9 of 2020, seasonal pneumonia killed an average of 208.5 times as many people as influenza. 5% of all deaths on any given week in the US are caused by seasonal pneumonia, the most accurate corollary for symptoms of the Covid-19 disease. Up-to 1% of those confirmed to be infected according to current best measures die.Īpproximately 5% of all deaths on any given week in the United States are deaths due to seasonal pneumonia. Plus, with a maximum 70% accuracy of these tests, the false-negatives further decrease the case counts. That means these also have morality rates due to under-represented collection methods. It’s also important to note we do not have perfect data for the number of cases of seasonal pneumonia or influenza. We want higher case numbers with lower deaths, because that means the mortality rate decreases. Meanwhile, by not testing the general public randomly (due to supply and moral limitations) we are not finding as many cases of asymptomatic carriers. This means the people being tested are more likely to die. By primarily testing people admitted to the hospital, we are primarily collecting data on the worst cases. The data we have on daily counts, aside from being delayed for test processing, are wrong. They are not distributed by random selection. Similar tests for influenza have between 50% and 70% efficacy rates. It uses two genes known to be found in this particular strain of coronavirus and checks the sample against that as a measure. Approximately 1% of those confirmed to be infected according to current-day measures…Ĭonfirmation uses a molecular test. When the idea of paying doctors to talk about dying was first debated during the early, bitter fights over the Affordable Care Act in 2009 conservatives warned that such conversations could be a pretext for pushing the frail and elderly to give up on treatment. They typically don’t discriminate by profession. People from all walks of life die to diseases. Why are the seasonal pneumonia numbers utterly ignored while seasonal influenza is propped up by all outlets? Covid-19 causes ARDS. I’m certain they received better medical care during seasonal pneumonia spikes during the years they didn’t have to deal with hundreds of people coming into emergency wards for typical symptoms of the common cold.

Doctors are also more likely to push themselves harder, working longer hours to help as best they can with the outbreak.ĭoctors also die from seasonal pneumo nia, weekly statistics of which for the USA are available to the public on the CDC website.

Doctors themselves range from mid-twenties to their 80s and come will their own pre-existing medical conditions and lifestyles. Doctors have statistically very high rates of exposure in comparison with the general population, and hospitals are known to spread all sorts of diseases.

Doctors in training are dying