How the media gaslights people on #COVID19:
In one article, it says, “The uptick of cases likely isn’t cause for alarm, though: most Covid cases are mild” and then buries this quote from an epidemiologist: “Covid is likely to remain in the leading causes of death in the United States for the foreseeable future.”
If a leading cause of death can be easily prevented with simple mitigations, then how is ANY uptick in cases not a reason for concern?
@augieray I want to address this statistic because misinformation may undermine your intention of keeping people safe: Covid isn’t the leading cause of death, it’s the fourth most common. That’s still a huge portion and completely unacceptable!
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7218a3.htm
I’d be curious to learn why the epidemiologist misspoke.
@com @augieray The quote is "in the leading causes", not "the leading cause". I guess that's true?
(Ranking causes of death and getting precise numbers like "4th" is meaningless, of course – but generally it always looks like this: ~40% CVD, ~40% cancer, then the remainder is dominated by things like accidents and respiratory illnesses (flu/cold/covid/etc) – that was the case before covid, during covid, and now)
