thevaccinereaction--2020-09-07--New CDC Data Shows 94 Percent of COVID-19 Death Cases Had Underlying Poor Health Conditions

The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention ’ s ( CDC ) Sept. 2 weekly update on COVID-19 mortality in the U.S. , which is published by the National Center for Health Statistics ( NCHS ) , reported 170,566 deaths “ involving COVID-19 ” that occurred between Feb. 1 , 2020 and Aug. 29 , 2020.1 During the same time period there were 1,841,678 deaths from all causes .
About 94 percent of the death cases confirmed to be COVID-19-related involved other coinciding infections or underlying poor health conditions , including influenza , pneumonia , hypertension , diabetes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ involving COVID-19 , 79 percent were over age 65 and 31 percent were over age 85 .
Children under age 14 accounted for 0.00035 percent of deaths .
Fifty four percent of all deaths involving COVID-19 were male .
Provisional death reports for COVID-19 peaked on Mar .
18 , 2020 , which also coincides with the peak for deaths from all causes in the United States.2 Hispanic and non-Hispanic black residents experienced disproportionate deaths involving COVID-19.3 Almost 65 percent of deaths involving COVID-19 occurred in a nursing home or other inpatient healthcare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths during the same period occurred in an inpatient setting .
Roughly 21 percent of COVID-19 deaths occurred in nursing homes , while approximately 18 percent of all-cause deaths occurred in nursing homes .
The majority of people ( 33.6 percent ) who die in the U.S. die in their homes.4 94 Percent of COVID-19 Death Cases Had Other Underlying Health Problems For six percent of the coronavirus-associated deaths , COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned .
For COVID-19-related death cases in persons who had other infections or conditions in addition to COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ additional conditions or causes per COVID-related death .
The most common respiratory conditions included influenza , pneumonia , respiratory failure , and adult respiratory distress syndrome .
Comorbid circulatory diseases included hypertension , cardiac arrest , ischemic heart disease , heart failure , and cardiac arrhythmia .
Approximately 16 percent of the death certificates listed diabetes , and 11 percent stated that vascular and unspecified dementia contributed or was the cause of death .
Three percent had intentional or unintentional injury , poisoning or other type of adverse event listed.5 The NCHS uses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provisional COVID-19 death counts.6 These include deaths occurring within the 50 states and the District of Columbia .
When COVID-19 is reported as a cause of death—or when it is listed as a “ probable ” or “ presumed ” cause—the death is coded using a new ICD-10 code , and this code can include cases with or without laboratory confirmation .
Provisional death counts may not match counts from other sources , such as media reports or numbers from county health departments .
Counts by NCHS often track 1–2 weeks behind other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the following reasons : • Death certificates take time to be completed .
There are many steps to filling out and submitting a death certificate .
Waiting for test results can create additional delays .
• States report at different rates .
Currently , 63 percent of all U.S. deaths are reported within 10 days of the date of death , but there is significant variation between states .
• It takes extra time to code COVID-19 deaths .
While 80 percent of deaths are electronically processed and coded by NCHS within minutes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coded by a person , which takes an average of seven days .
• Other reporting systems use different definitions or methods for counting deaths .
Provisional counts are not final and are subject to change .
Counts from previous weeks are continually revised as more records are received and processed .
Counts do not include all deaths that occurred during a given time period , especially for more recent periods .
However , NCHS estimates how complete their numbers are by looking at the average number of deaths reported in previous years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across states since some states report deaths on a daily basis , while other states report deaths weekly or monthly .
State vital record reporting may also be affected or delayed by COVID-19 related response activities .
Death certificates contain two parts .
Part I is for reporting the sequence of conditions that led directly to death .
The immediate cause of death , which is the disease or condition that directly preceded death and is not necessarily the underlying cause of death ( UCOD ) , are reported first and the conditions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death should be reported in a logical sequence in terms of time and etiology below it .
The UCOD , which is “ the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death or… the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury , ” should be reported on the lowest line used in Part I.7 Other significant conditions that contributed to the death , but are not a part of the sequence in Part I , should be reported in Part II .
Not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death have to be reported—only those conditions that actually contributed to death.8 In cases where a definite diagnosis of COVID-19 can not be made , but it is suspected or likely ( e.g.
, the circumstances are compelling within a reasonable degree of certainty ) , CDC reporting guidelines state : Jeff Lancashire , acting associate director for communications at the NCHS , said that , while 94 percent of death certificates that mention COVID-19 also listed other conditions , the underlying cause of death was COVID-19 in almost all of them .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the condition that began the chain of events that ultimately led to the person ’ s death , ” he said .
“ In 92 percent of all deaths that mention COVID-19 , COVID-19 is listed as the underlying cause of death.
” 10 Are CDC guidelines used to “ pad ” COVID-19 numbers ?
Scott Jensen , MD , a family physician and Minnesota state senator , has publicly challenged the CDC ’ s guidelines for permitting presumed or probable cases of COVID to be listed on death certificates , saying they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ misleading the public .
Dr. Jensen states that the CDC ’ s death certificate manual tells physicians to focus on “ precision and specificity , ” but the coronavirus death certification guidance runs completely counter to that axiom.11 Dr. Jensen also reacted to Dr. Anthony Fauci ’ s response to a question about the potential for the number of coronavirus deaths being “ padded , ” in which the NIAID director described the prevalence of “ conspiracy theories ” during “ challenging ” times in public health .
Dr. Jensen said : That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chronic disease highlights the risk factor inherent in underlying poor health conditions .
The CDC reports that six in ten Americans lives with a chronic disease , and four in ten have two or more .
These chronic diseases—heart , lung and kidney disease , cancer , diabetes , and Alzheimer ’ s disease—are the leading cause of death and disability , and are the leading drivers in the nation ’ s $ 3.5 trillion in annual health care costs,12 as well as raise the risk of severe illness from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ common underlying conditions increasing one ’ s risk for severe illness and about 40 percent of U.S. adults having obesity .
The more underlying medical conditions people have , the higher their risk.14