On Sun, 9 May 2021 12:36:35 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 09/05/2021 11:35, Larry wrote:
On 5/9/21 5:43 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
Pity about the 600K the virus killed in the USA.

The US population is 330,000,000. The average age of death is 80.

So 4,125,000 died of old age last year and some of them just happened to
have the COVID.

Nothing to see here, move along.


It'd be good if you'd got your facts right.
Can't see old age mentioned for a start.

Deaths and Mortality

Data are for the U.S.

(2019) Number of deaths: 2,854,838

Leading causes of death:

Heart disease: 659,041
Cancer: 599,601
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 173,040
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 156,979
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 150,005
Alzheimer’s disease: 121,499
Diabetes: 87,647
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 51,565
Influenza and Pneumonia: 49,783
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 47,511

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm

4,125,000 in 2020(deaths including COVID)
2,854,838 in 2019(deaths without COVID)

So ...
1,270,162 deaths due to COVID in 2020.

Do the math.

Looks like there was some massive under-reporting.
Trumpet doctors? Lack of lab tests? Misdiagnosis? Right wing
political pressure?
Whatever, the US health system is VERY unreliable.
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