{"id":1048,"date":"2021-09-03T09:34:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T14:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betterpathology.com\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2022-09-17T15:55:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T20:55:06","slug":"quick-chart-on-covid-mortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betterpathology.com\/?p=1048","title":{"rendered":"Quick Chart on Covid Mortality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This chart on Covid mortality provides perspective during the current spread of the delta variant.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0CDC COVID Data Tracker<\/a>\u00a0shows weekly rates per 100,000 population for COVID-19 cases (CDC\u2019s term for infections) and deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0Selecting the dates corresponding to the peak death rate for each viral surge in the United States, I divided deaths by cases to approximate risk by age group:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While neither a comprehensive statistical analysis nor an entirely accurate calculation, this chart gives an idea of relative risk at important points in the pandemic.  The delta wave has not peaked, so we may have not seen the highest death rates from the present surge.  The risk of death for the elderly is consistently higher than for younger individuals, and, with few exceptions, age adjusted death rates have decreased in successive waves of the virus.  Maximizing survival should be our objective as the pandemic continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This chart on Covid mortality provides perspective during the current spread of the delta variant.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0CDC COVID Data Tracker\u00a0shows weekly rates per 100,000 population for COVID-19 cases (CDC\u2019s term for infections) and deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0Selecting the dates corresponding to the peak death rate for each viral surge in the United States, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13","category-covid-19"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1282,"url":"https:\/\/betterpathology.com\/?p=1282","url_meta":{"origin":1048,"position":0},"title":"Where Is the Evidence That Flu Vaccines Save Lives?","author":"Kevin Homer, MD","date":"March 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Even before the pandemic, the vaccine paradigm was misused to generate windfall profits for the pharmaceutical industry.","rel":"","context":"In "Vaccine"","block_context":{"text":"Vaccine","link":"https:\/\/betterpathology.com\/?cat=8"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":395,"url":"https:\/\/betterpathology.com\/?p=395","url_meta":{"origin":1048,"position":1},"title":"A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated?","author":"Kevin Homer, MD","date":"July 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"During a\u00a0White House press briefing last week,\u00a0Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC, declared, \u201cThis is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0She continued, \u201cAnd our biggest concern is that we are going to continue to see preventable cases, hospitalizations, and, sadly, deaths among the unvaccinated.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Is there a rational basis\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "2021"","block_context":{"text":"2021","link":"https:\/\/betterpathology.com\/?cat=13"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1259,"url":"https:\/\/betterpathology.com\/?p=1259","url_meta":{"origin":1048,"position":2},"title":"Post-Pandemic Stress Disorder","author":"Kevin Homer, MD","date":"February 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Seasonal upper respiratory infections are not new, but we are responding with a new emotion\u2014fear.\u00a0\u00a0We have been traumatized by the pandemic, and that has created a unique form of post-traumatic stress disorder.\u00a0Some of us will need treatment, but most of us can snap out of it.\u00a0\u00a0How and when we conquer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "2022"","block_context":{"text":"2022","link":"https:\/\/betterpathology.com\/?cat=14"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1414,"url":"https:\/\/betterpathology.com\/?p=1414","url_meta":{"origin":1048,"position":3},"title":"Because I Say So","author":"Kevin Homer, MD","date":"May 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The fascists\u00a0tell us what to think.\u00a0\u00a0They expect us to follow arbitrary commands based on the strength of their word alone. 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