Category: Mortality

COVID-19 deaths in children and young people in England, March 2020 to December 2021: An active prospective national surveillance study

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Authrs: Marta Bertran , Zahin Amin-Chowdhury , Hannah G. Davies, ester Allen, om Clare,Chloe Davison, Mary Sinnathamby, Giulia Seghezzo, Meaghan Kall,Hannah Williams,Nick Gent, Mary E. Ramsay, Shamez N. Ladhani  , Godwin Olig Published: November 8, 202 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004118 Abstract Background Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths are rare in children and young people (CYP). The high rates of asymptomatic and […]

Covid linked to 33-fold increase in risk of potentially fatal blood clot

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Infection with virus also associated with fivefold increase in risk of deep vein thrombosis, data suggests Authors: Linda Geddes The Guardian Catching Covid is associated with a fivefold increase in the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and a 33-fold increase in risk of a potentially fatal blood clot on the lung in the 30 […]

‘Never Seen’ Before: Embalmers Finding Long, Rubbery Clots Inside Corpses Since Implementation of Covid Vaccines

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By Cristina Laila September 4, 2022 Embalmers are finding long, rubbery clots inside of corpses since the implementation of Covid vaccines. According to one Alabama embalmer who has been treating corpses for over 20 year, the strange fibrous clots emerged in May of 2021, shortly after the Covid vaccines first became available to the public. “It […]

The unexplained rise in excess deaths around the world

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This phenomenon requires an urgent inquiry and research into the actual causes Authors: Murray Hunter Jul 6, 2022 Since the beginning of 2022, there has been a significant rise in excess deaths. Covid-19 has made up only a small percentage of these excess deaths. Excess deaths is a measurement of the number of deaths from […]

Israel sees 70% spike in number of seriously ill COVID patients within a week

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‘It’s an unpredictable and unstable situation,’ says immune system expert Prof. Cyrille Cohen, urging lawmakers to ‘actively encourage herd immunity among the vulnerable’ Authors:  Times of Israel June 2022 The number of coronavirus patients in serious condition in Israel reached 140 on Friday, marking a near 70% rise since last week, with health experts warning […]

NON-COVID EXCESS DEATHS, 2020-21: COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF POLICY CHOICES?

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Authors: Casey B. Mulligan, Robert D. Arnott, Working Paper 30104 http://www.nber.org/papers/w30104 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 June 2022 ABSTRACT From April 2020 through at least the end of 2021, Americans died from non-Covid causes at an average annual rate 97,000 in excess of previous trends. Hypertension and heart disease […]

COVID-19 was deadly to working-class Americans in 2020, researcher says

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Authors: Sam Ogozalek June 3, 2022 Tampa Bay Times Working-class Americans died of COVID-19 at five times the rate of those in higher socioeconomic positions during the first year of the pandemic, according to a study. The staggering disparity was revealed in a study of roughly 69,000 U.S. coronavirus victims ages 25 to 64 who […]

Can long Covid lead to death? A new analysis suggests it could

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The CDC is beginning to look at death certificates that indicate more than 100 people who died had long Covid. Authors: ERIN BANCO 06/03/2022 Politico The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is analyzing more than 100 deaths that could be attributed to long Covid by looking at death certificates from across the country over […]

During COVID’s omicron wave in U.S., death rates soared for older people

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Authors: BENJAMIN MUELLER and Eleanor LutzThe New York Times May 31, 2022  Despite strong levels of vaccination among older people, COVID killed them at vastly higher rates during this winter’s omicron wave than it did last year, preying on long delays since their last shots and the variant’s ability to skirt immune defenses. This winter’s wave of […]

Life-threatening inflammation is turning COVID-19 into a chronic disease

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Authors: Chris Melore MAY 13, 2022 Study Finds Long COVID continues to be a lingering problem for more and more coronavirus patients in the months following their infection. Now, a new study contends that the life-threatening inflammation many patients experience — causing long-term damage to their health — is turning COVID-19 into a chronic condition. […]