#coronavirus deaths

[dosesofcommonsense]

[covid-safer-hotties]

COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in the US - Published Jan 31, 2023

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall. The results demonstrate that pharmaceutical and public health interventions should continue to be applied to limit the spread of the coronavirus and protect again severe disease in this age group.

COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death for more than 940,000 people in the US, including over 1,300 deaths among children and young people aged 0–19 years. Until now, it had been unclear how the burden of deaths from COVID-19 compared with other leading causes of deaths in this age group. The researchers investigated this using data from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention databases for the period 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022.

Get the full article and a link to the study at our covid archive:

[mapsontheweb]

COVID Death Rate After Vaccines Became Available

[justinspoliticalcorner]

NewsNation:

(NewsNation) – Dr. John Moore, Cornell University virologist and researcher, says “Red COVID” is a “statistically proven phenomenon” — that people in Republican-led states are “more likely to die from COVID.” Moore believes COVID misinformation is what ultimately “killed voters” in red states. “The reason you’re less likely to be vaccinated is you’re bombarded with this information from right-wing sources, notably Fox News, and by the political leadership of the red states,” Moore said during a Thursday appearance on NewsNation’s “CUOMO” while discussing a recent lawsuit filed against Pfizer by the state of Kansas. “Red state politicians ended up killing their constituents and voters.”

In the lawsuit filed Monday, Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach claims Pfizer misled Kansas residents by claiming the vaccine was safe and hid evidence of the shot’s link to myocarditis and pregnancy issues. “Pfizer made multiple misleading statements to deceive the public about its vaccine at a time when Americans needed the truth,” he said in a statement.

Dr. John Moore went on NewsNation’s Cuomo last night to drop facts about how the right-wing misinformation campaign against COVID vaccines led to more deaths in red states.

Dr. Moore calls this trend “Red COVID”.

From the 06.20.2024 edition of NewsNation's Cuomo:

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

fauci saying “vulnerable people will fall by the wayside” and that some will die but that’s ok because we’re not going to see the “tsunami of cases” we’ve seen before is so dehumanising. so babies with no immune system, elderly people, disabled people, and people without adequate access to healthcare can all die of covid. but it’s ok guys because actually they’re just falling to the wayside and everyone else will go back to normal and be fine (sarcasm).

my death or the deaths of my family or friends wouldn’t be us “falling by the wayside”, it would be us being failed by our government, healthcare systems, and communities who have refused to take coronavirus seriously despite mounting anecdotal and scientific evidence of the harm this virus does. fact that people can accept the deaths of vulnerable groups just because they want to eat in a restaurant or don’t want to wear a mask is horrifying

[theofreakingbell]

I'm crashing really badly today, so this will be brief, but one of the first disability activists I ever had the honor of running into online passed away recently. If you have the time and energy I'd appreciate y'all reading about her. 

for her funeral expenses: 

also, from her family's GoFundMe "Also, please help advocate for and enact public health policies that center the people who are most impacted by and high risk for COVID, especially people like Tinu. As Tinu wrote, "if you would wear a ribbon for a cancer patient, you should be wearing a Mask for Everyone"."

learn about what is happening with COVID now, even if it hasn't personally affected you yet. Recognise your own privilege and do what you can to protect others. Ignorance is not a luxury high risk people have, and even when we do everything we can to protect ourselves we are so often still failed by those around us. Tinu is not the first person to die because of that nor will she be the last, but it doesn't have to go on forever.

Remember the dead, fight for the living. 

#ForTinu

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

[allthecanadianpolitics]

More than 50,000 Canadians have died after contracting COVID-19 since the pandemic emerged nearly three years ago, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed Monday — a sobering reminder that the virus remains a deadly concern.

The national death toll first crossed 50,000 last Tuesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and confirmed by a Global News analysis of provincial health data.

By Monday, the toll had reached 50,135, according to PHAC, which reports national data weekly based on provincial reports that are released throughout the week.

Quebec, which is the only province that still reports COVID-19 data daily, has seen the most confirmed deaths of any jurisdiction with 17,865 fatalities to date. Ontario has the second-highest provincial death toll as of Friday, which sits at 15,786, followed by Alberta at 5,470 deaths as of Wednesday.

British Columbia has seen 5,007 deaths according to the most recent data released on Thursday, a day that also saw Saskatchewan report a total of 1,826 deaths to date. Friday’s report saw Manitoba record 2,403 deaths since the pandemic began.

In Atlantic Canada, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island have recorded 762 and 85 deaths, respectively, as of Tuesday. Newfoundland and Labrador upped its death toll to 297 on Wednesday. As of Thursday, Nova Scotia has seen 706 deaths.

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[compassionatereminders]

How you can get the flu virus, it really terrifying as we know the corono virus can kill if we don't vaccine be more alert everyone

Please do not send me asks about this. I suffer from health anxiety, and entertaining this kind of conversation is very triggering to me. Especially while I'm sick

[memenewsdotcom]

10k covid-19 deaths in December

[crimeronan]

someone just called me the n-word in my inbox for my COVID booster post which is wild. i..... honest to fucking God thought you guys were all dead already??

[upwiththewitness]

|Pestilence|

If Pestilence was a man,

the Nurses would scurry

out of His Waywhen they can,

hoping He drops a folder in the hallway

as a pretext

for some conversation.

If Pestilence was a man,

He would walk the line

in front of the Friars,

drawing fire when He can;

Speaking Sign Language to the Choirs,

if they were within His Wing Span.

The Flagellants Pacing behind the Monks,

all Dogmatic Revulsion and Holy War,

the Ascetic Gazes of the Dispossessed,

Eyes Hungry for a Rapturous Score:

Unphased if Euthanized by Their Doctor;

Frozen from their Avian Behavior,

Their Heads cocked to the side at the Foe,

who must now wonder if the Doctor,

His Score,

the Friars,

the Warrior Monks,

and the Cross,

are not a Fixture

They must endure.

If Pestilence was a man,

He would Operate with a steady Hand,

Stomping Franciscan through the Blades,

the Eyes of the Beak fogged with Sand,

ere the Nuns flip their Hourglasses,

and Slain men are pulled out of their Graves;

the Plague Doctor fluttering with His Scalpel,

the Flagellants Roaring a Thousand Names,

as the Friars Cross the Valley of Death,

to fight as Angels Chanting with Staves.

If Pestilence was a man,

He would Sing the Slain to fight anew,

As wounded Muslims in Spinal Submission,

from the backs of whom

their own Skeletons Grew.

Aya Sabu

Lin-Sanu

Allan Najma’a

Izamahu

"Does man

think We will not

Assemble

his bones?"

If Pestilence was a man,

the Nurses would always find an excuse…

to save a promising specimen,

even if it meant one less share be made,

to the Sisters at the Nunnery,

as often…

in war…

mistakes can be grave.

If Pestilence was a man,

and the Undead had lost their sense of Humour,

He might fight in all directions,

as if driven Feral by a rumor…

that His Messenger had been Bewitched,

or Treachery was afoot,

till the Fleshless start Cackling

the Foe grows overproud,

the Faithful feel Betrayed,

and Richelieu glares Foul.

When from beneath the Mask comes the Howling Scream of Muhammadan Physicians slashing Dreams, Counting seconds of Candle Flames and Grains of Sand that Recite the Names, between the Parapets of Reynald’s Holdfast ere Templar mail Bled Holy Land, Bishops Chopping Candelabras of Runic Axe that could only Cut as Deep as the True Lord can when He converted by the Blade

every Viking He could stand.

If Pestilence was a man,

He would skulk away from another defeat,

His Corpse Cart laden

with His specimens,

His Company…

the Bones He Bleeds;

His Beak hanging in Despair,

on to the next Hamlet in distress,

wondering why His Halo,

is a burden He loves to regret.

by Julian Collins

[recursive360]

☣ BIO-WEAPON? 😷

BBC News | Covid: FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak 'most likely'

“Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with the intent to kill, harm or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war. Biological weapons (often termed "bio-weapons", "biological threat agents", or "bio-agents") are living organisms or replicating entities ( ⁠i.e. viruses, which are not universally considered "alive"). Entomological (insect) warfare is a subtype of biological warfare.

Offensive biological warfare is prohibited under customary international humanitarian law and several international treaties. In particular, the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) bans the development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use of biological weapons. Therefore, the use of biological agents in armed conflict is a war crime. In contrast, defensive biological research for prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes is not prohibited by the BWC...

A biological attack could conceivably result in large numbers of civilian casualties and cause severe disruption to economic and societal infrastructure...

As a tactical weapon for military use, a significant problem with biological warfare is that it would take days to be effective, and therefore might not immediately stop an opposing force. Some biological agents (smallpox, pneumonic plague) have the capability of person-to-person transmission via aerosolized respiratory droplets. This feature can be undesirable, as the agent(s) may be transmitted by this mechanism to unintended populations, including neutral or even friendly forces. Worse still, such a weapon could "escape" the laboratory where it was developed, even if there was no intent to use it – for example by infecting a researcher who then transmits it to the outside world before realizing that they were infected. Several cases are known of researchers becoming infected and dying of Ebola, which they had been working with in the lab (though nobody else was infected in those cases) – while there is no evidence that their work was directed towards biological warfare, it demonstrates the potential for accidental infection even of careful researchers fully aware of the dangers. While containment of biological warfare is less of a concern for certain criminal or terrorist organizations, it remains a significant concern for the military and civilian populations of virtually all nations.”

=> Source: Wikipedia

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Helena Hind at MMFA:

A segment from one of Fox News’ daytime “straight news” programs cited a study to claim that the COVID-19 vaccine caused millions of “excess deaths” in the U.S. The journal that published the study had clarified nearly a week earlier that this interpretation was false.

The study, published June 3, 2024, in the British Medical Journal, found that excess mortality rates in Western nations were high from 2020 to 2022 “despite the implementation of containment measures and COVID-19 vaccines.” The researchers also encouraged governments to examine the underlying causes of excess mortality to inform public health policy. During the June 12 edition of America Reports, Fox anchor John Roberts characterized the findings differently: “A new study suggests COVID vaccines could be at least partially to blame for more than three million excess deaths in the United States and other countries from 2020 to 2022.” [...] Last week, multiple other right-wing media outlets (and at least one conservative British outlet) repeated the false narrative blaming the vaccine for excess deaths, prompting the British Medical Journal to issue a statement correcting the misinterpretation of the study’s findings.

Fox “News” and other right-wing outlets continue to amplify anti-COVID vaccine talking points, such as falsely blaming excess deaths on COVID vaccines.

[artemisiatridentata]

god I am so tired of hearing “I’m being as careful as I can about covid” like no you’re not!!! you’re being as careful as you want to, which isn’t much. you won’t even wear a mask bc no one else is and you feel awkward. even though your inaction puts the lives of vulnerable people like me at risk. you could at least say that with your fucking chest