COVID-19 Quarantine: An Emerging Risk Factor for Heart Disease
in-Training,
As COVID-19 continues to rage around the world, extended quarantine measures have been responsible for saving innumerable lives.
More than 267,000 surplus babies died worldwide in 2020 due to the economic impact of COVID-19
Whats New,
Hundreds of thousands of babies died last year as a result of the economic impact of COVID-19, a new model study suggests.
“What Exactly Did the Virus do to All These People?” Reflections on Ted Nugent, Mel Q, Kelly Brogan, and John Ioannidis
Science-Based Medicine,
The notion that many people are dying with SARS-CoV-2 not from SARS-CoV-2 has hindered our ability to contain to the virus. …
Some Covid Links
Cafe Hayek,
(Don Boudreaux) TweetEric Boehm warns of the dangers of vaccine nationalism. A slice: The New York Times reports that the…
Life expectancy in the US fell by a full year in the first half of 2020, CDC notes
Whats New,
Life expectancy in the United States fell by a full year in the first half of 2020, a new report finds. In 2019, life…
TWiV 675: Forget what you've herd about immunity
This Week in Virology with Vincent Racaniello,
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then we discuss Bill Foege’s letter to CDC director Robert Redfield, the…
23rd October - the COVID-19 coronavirus compendium
Nature Microbiology Community,
Fatality rates, tocilizumab, and long lasting antibodies
Covid-19 indirectly killed far more older adults than we thought
Forum:Blog,
Between March and August, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded 225,530 more deaths than previous…
Overwhelming Second Wave of Psychiatric Disorders Expected Due to Pandemic
Psych News Alert,
Even as public health experts warn of a new tide of COVID-19 cases and deaths, another “second wave” is building in the form of…
279,700 extra deaths in the US so far in this pandemic year
DJG Blogger,
A girl views the body of her father, who died of COVID-19, while mourners who can't visit in person are onscreen. Joe Raedle/Gett…
U.S. Deaths Up 20 Percent From March Through July 2020
Physician's Weekly,
TUESDAY, Oct. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The number of expected U.S. deaths increased considerably from March through July 2020…
What’s the real COVID-19 pandemic death toll? ‘JAMA’ says it’s higher than you think
Co.Exist,
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Yale University found troubling data in the death statistics. New…
The proportion of Americans dying from coronavirus infections is the highest in the developed world
beSpacific,
Bloomberg: “…according to a study of global mortality rates that shows the U.S. pandemic response left citizens exposed to the…
Excess Deaths From Pandemic Higher Than Official Numbers
NeuroLogica Blog,
How many people have died in the US so far from the COVID-19 pandemic? It depends on how you count the numbers. The official…
JAMA: Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-July 2020
Avian Flu Diary,
#15,498With the caveat that we'll probably be debating the death toll (direct and indirect) from COVID-19 for years (or even…
Links 10/13/2020
naked capitalism,
La mortalità cresce del 20% negli Usa: “Più della metà delle morti in eccesso causata da Covid-19”
Scienze fanpage,
Il 67% dell’eccesso di morti registrato nel periodo marzo-luglio 2020 è stato attribuito all’infezione da coronavirus. In…
Un-Fake News: Deaths Up by 20 Percent
ConscienHealth,
On a recent visit to our least favorite dentist, with a mouth full of cotton, we heard this: “People die all the time. This…
Study predicts over 400,000 excess pandemic deaths in US by end of 2020
Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine,
New research, published in the journal JAMA, tracking total all-cause death rates in the United States has found 20 percent…
Grim new analyses show US COVID death rates remain shamefully high
Ars Technica,
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) A grim series of articles published today in the Journal of the American…
The Pandemic Was Even Deadlier Than We Thought This Spring and Summer
io9: Top,
A new study estimates that between March and July, there were 225,000 more deaths in the U.S. than expected, based on the…
COVID death toll underestimated: Nearly 75,000 more Americans died in spring and summer because of the pandemic
ZME Science,
These excess deaths have been indirectly attributed to COVID-19 due to the pandemic's disruptions.