Some other people say that only another 9,000 people have died from COVID, they are wrong.
As the new coronavirus continues to claim victims in the United States, new myths about COVID-19 are spreading online. The last lie is that you believe that the official number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States is inflated.
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published information on COVID-19 deaths. They wrote: “For 6% of deaths, COVID-19 is the only cause mentioned. “This word led some to say that only 9,000 people, or 6% of the 185,000 reported deaths were the result of COVID-19. Even more alarming, this false resurrected impression claims that the new coronavirus pandemic is a hoax. None of those claims are true.
“I’m sorry 6%?Is this some kind of joke?Did the global shut down for that?” tweeted one person. Another Twitter user blamed the CDC for the troubled U. S. economy.
Former Republican Congressional candidate Nick Moutos told his 15,000 fans that COVID-19 is not a threat.
“#Fact only 6% of the deaths reported through COVID19 were caused” to the virus. “The remaining 94% was due to comobility. The death toll is around 10K, or about 0. 003% of the U. S. population,” he wrote.
Anthony Fauci, M. D. , Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has tried to clear up the confusion in recent interviews.
“The numbers heard, the 180,000 or more dead, are genuine deaths by COVID-19,” Dr. Fauci said in Good Morning America. “Let there be no confusion about it. There are no 9,000 deaths due to COVID-19. more than 180,000 dead. “
This is what the CDC means: only 6% of those who died from COVID had no other underlying conditions, such as diabetes or obesity, which does not mean that diabetics who died of COVID-19 are not included in the mortality rate, says John Whyte, MD, MPH, Medical Director of WebMD.
Most other people expand at least one or two fitness disorders, such as high blood pressure or obesity, as they age, telling Men’s Health. La most COVID deaths involve other older people, so it’s not unexpected that they have underlying conditions. , he says.
“But they would not have died if they had not contracted COVID. These were chronic diseases they lived with,” says Dr. Whyte. “COVID hit his formula and caused his death. “
Dr. Whyte believes that poor communication and our collective preference for normalcy make these conspiracies attractive. If COVID-19 is not a threat, there is no explanation why stick to public fitness measures, such as dressing in a mask and physical distance. it’s not a hoax, and those movements remain our most productive defense against the disease.
People who say that only 6% of deaths are similar to COVID don’t know they have an effect on the disease, says Dr. Whyte. “It would be like saying that if you have cancer and die in a car, fate, the car turn of fate didn’t influence your death. “
The truth is that 185,000 Americans died from COVID-19. Pretending in a different way is harmful and derogatory to those who have lost their lives.