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| CDC: Coronavirus, influenza deaths fall for second straight week | |
| 2020-05-04 | |
| [JustTheNews] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said that the number of pneumonia-, influenza- and COVID-19-related deaths had declined for the second week in a row, a welcome sign of a possible turning point in the U.S.'s war against the disease. In one of the agency's "weekly surveillance summaries" regarding the COVID-19 outbreak here, the CDC said that "based on death certificate data, the percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia, influenza or COVID-19 (PIC) decreased from 23.6%" compared to the prior week, though those numbers "remained significantly above baseline." The agency also warned the numbers may go up upon revision. Just like the temp data "This is the second week of declines in this indicator, but this percentage may change as death certificates representing recent deaths are processed," the agency said, while suggesting that the declines "may be a result of widespread social distancing measures." The CDC also noted that the "national percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive for SARS-CoV-2" declined significantly at both public, clinical and commercial laboratories around the country. The U.S. tested about a million people over the past week. The department said that overall levels of "influenza-like illness" have been "below the national baseline for two weeks," but that they remain elevated in the "northeastern and northwestern part of the country." Four of the hardest-hit states in the country – New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut, – are in the Northeast. 'Just like that, CDC reduces its #Coronavirus death count to 37,000 [CDC.gov] Just like that, CDC reduces its #Coronavirus death count to 37,000. That’s nearly HALF the total they were peddling. Did 30,000 people spring back to life like Lazarus? No, this seems a "gaffe"—defined as a case of the CDC accidentally telling the truth.
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| Posted by:Clem |
| #7 Texas: recovered/dead = 17.5 YEAH baby, we're winning! Wait ... is a big score good or bad? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-05-04 18:18 |
| #6 Data as of 3 May 2020 Silicon Valley / San Francisco Epicenter 3.5 million population ca. 20% Chinese / ChineseAmerican ca. 50,000 traveler's to/from China in direct flights in Dec.-Jan Total COVID fatalities .. drum roll ...195. Out of 3.5 million residents. =1:17,000 ratio of fatalities-to-population. In America's coronavirus epicenter. In the 6th month after the virus was first brought here from China, of which more than four months were without any lockdown. = ca 20,000 fatalities for a pop. of 329 million |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-04 13:44 |
| #5 I've just noticed something on "worldometers". In USA total: recovered/dead = 2.6. California: recovered/dead = 1.8 Texas: recovered/dead = 17.5 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-05-04 12:57 |
| #4 Just in from the cdc the R TWOT factor! One finger Two finger Three finger Four finger Five finger FIST What is the safe level for opening up that harlot America? |
| Posted by: Spase McGurque6685 2020-05-04 11:14 |
| #3 ^Suggests |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-05-04 02:37 |
| #2 #1 This article we should look at all-cause mortality (comparing it to the normal for the season). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-05-04 02:28 |
| #1 there are several protocols for counting deaths by Wu CDC, WHO, Johns Hopkins, Worldometer even worse, each counter will sometimes retroactively change past numbers This isn't entirely political. There are problems in testing. There are times when no testing is done. There are times when multiple causes are present. A mess. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2020-05-04 00:54 |