Inadequate COVID-19 response likely resulted in 130,000 - 210,000 avoidable deaths https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-inadequate-covid-response-resulted-.html Between 130,000 and 210,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States could have been avoided if the Trump administration had quickly and effectively implemented a cohesive public health response to the novel coronavirus, according to a new report. The report by Columbia University Earth Institute's National Center for Disaster Preparedness, titled "130,000—210,000 Avoidable COVID-19 Deaths—and Counting—in the U.S.," compares the U.S. death toll and policy response to six similarly high-income countries: South Korea, Japan, Germany, Australia, France, and Canada. The new report suggests that if the U.S. followed similar policies and protocols as the six nations, such as building sufficient testing capabilities, enacting earlier lockdowns, issuing a national mask-wearing mandate, and providing federal guidance on social distancing, it could have avoided at least 130,000 and potentially as many as 210,000 COVID-19 deaths. The report concludes there is a disproportionately high COVID-19 death rate in the U.S. compared to the other nations, even when examining median population age and obesity—two well-documented factors that affect COVID-19 mortality rates. This is likely explained by the slow and disorganized response by the Trump administration in both the early days of the pandemic and persistently through today. South Korea, for example, which reported its first COVID-19 case on the same day as the U.S., quickly enacted stringent measures to combat the spread of the virus that have resulted in a low mortality rate among its population. "The U.S. death toll stands apart from nearly all high-income nations. The data establishes that a significant number of lives could have been saved if the Trump administration acted on the advice from the scientific and public health community," said Irwin Redlener, principal author of the report and founding director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness and Director Pandemic Resource and Response Initiative at Columbia University's Earth Institute. "As the country faces a second wave of this virus, we need to hold leadership accountable. The magnitude of loss, caused by a disorganized response, will have devastating and long-lasting consequences for millions of American families." The report incorporates data through October 16, when the U.S. death toll was 217,717 and more than 8 million COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the U.S. The researchers calculated the total death count in each country as a percentage of its population, which was multiplied by the total U.S. population to determine the proportional number of deaths that each nation would have encountered if its population were the same size as the United States. Assuming equal underlying risk of mortality on an individual basis, the researchers then determined the number of avoidable deaths by calculating the difference between the number of proportional deaths and the total number of U.S. deaths. The research found that if the U.S. had followed the policies and protocols of: Australia, there may have been as few as 11,699 deaths, sparing 206,018 American lives. Canada, there might have been as few as 85,192 U.S. deaths, saving as many as 132,525 lives. France, there may have been 162,240 deaths, saving as many as 55,477 lives. Germany, there might have been as few as 38,457 U.S. deaths, saving as many as 179,260 lives. Japan, there may have been as few as 4,315 deaths, with 213,402 deaths avoidable. South Korea, there might have been just 2,799 deaths—only 1.2 percent of the current U.S. death toll, saving as many as 214,918 lives. "From the moment the pandemic was first identified, President Trump and his team have downplayed the crisis and ignored basic and widely known public health guidelines to curb the spread of COVID-19," said Jeffrey Sachs, professor of sustainable development and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University. "To stop the ongoing epidemic in the U.S., it is urgent to examine the available data, identify the failures, call out the administration's relentless misinformation, and hold the Trump administration accountable for its failure to slow the virus's spread and the more than 200,000 lives that have been unnecessarily lost." "It is sobering to remember that last year, before COVID-19 hit, the U.S. was ranked first in the world in an independent assessment of pandemic preparedness," said Nathaniel Hupert, associate professor of population health sciences and of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. "Our national experience with this disease will for years to come to be 'Exhibit A' in demonstrating the critical impact of leadership and respect for science, or lack of it, in public health crisis response." In addition to the international comparison to calculate the avoidable death toll, the report also begins to dissect the "collateral damage" that these COVID-19 tragedies have had on American families. It notes emerging data on long-term health impacts of COVID-19 infections, increasing statistics on children left without parents, and bereavement rates among families of the deceased. The researchers note the available data is only a snapshot of the picture nationwide and that not all states have public information on the pandemic's impact on families and long-term health.
Columbia University Earth Institute smells to me like something that has seen a few Soros dollars along the way. I could be wrong. Then again, I could be right.
Just remember that Tsing Tao claims there is no rapid acceleration of COVID cases in the U.S. Coronavirus cases break records as states in every part of U.S. reel under the surge In Illinois, the top health official broke down in tears at a news conference where she announced a rise in cases, and in Ohio a university mourned the death of an 18-year-old student. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...k-records-states-every-part-u-s-reel-n1244647 Yet nearly every medical expert, public health expert and reliable media outlet is outlined the huge surge and rapid acceleration of COVID cases in the U.S.
Regardless how people are defining the phrase "rapid acceleration"... The United States is still fucked with many states already at capacity levels for hospitalization while many other states are breaking records in their hospitalization. https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-cases-us-nearing-rapid-acceleration.html https://herald-review.com/news/nati...cle_3a0a9d64-9c84-528b-914b-878fdd9f0ed8.html As COVID-19 Infections Hit About 60K, US Nearing ‘Rapid Acceleration’ Of Cases The good news...deaths from Covid-19 has dramatically dropped in comparison to the 1st wave early in the Pandemic. That's mainly due to the fact that hospitals are better prepare to deal with Covid-19 patients and people are more aware of the symptoms in which they then seek medical care much early now in comparison to those early in the Pandemic... 25% down to 7% On the flip side, those numbers (deaths) will begin to rise again when hospitals reach their capacity levels and can no longer admit critically care patients. wrbtrader
White House chief of staff: 'We are not going to control the pandemic' https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/25/poli...rolling-coronavirus-pandemic-cnntv/index.html Yeah.... we know that the Trump administration never attempted to control the pandemic and has no future plans for controlling the pandemic. Thanks for f@cking all of us.
I think they're becoming more content with just handing over the Covid-19 Pandemic crisis to Biden / Harris administration. wrbtrader
Trump can't take all the blame; he's just one clown. Blame also goes to: The yes-men/women that he appointed in the place of qualified personnel...including Inspector Generals. And; *Citizens that believe his lies. And; *Citizens that complain about shutdowns, yet, don't mask up, distance, wash hands, nor avoid unnecessary gathers; in order to avoid shut down. *Citizens that thought a clown should be the Rep. candidate. *Citizens that try to convince themselves that voting for a clown is OK, because that are "voting for the platform." No, you voted for a clown. And that's never OK. Trump is just one single, reality TV show, conman, clown. But for his cast of clown support groups and enablers, we wouldn't be having this discussion. I often wonder; what is it about the human brain that would prevent it being able to detect a conman, bullshitter, or clown. Why do so many phone and email scams still work? To con half the nation into thinking you'd be a great leader is a hell of a feat ... maybe not, I guess it depends on the street smarts of the 'nation.' Reading these forums ... I guess it wasn't so difficult at all.