Zero Hedge: COVID-19 Is Saving Lives
The United States death toll from the novel coronavirus has steadily increased in the last few days, with over 2, 200 COVID- 19 deaths, and more than half of the deaths in the last three days alone. The death toll is expected to only get worse in the coming weeks as cases increase and the capacity of the health care system is stretched. However, one silver lining might be that the death toll could be lower than anticipated due to individuals changing their behavior during the coronavirus pandemic. We use CDC data (detailed below) to analyze weekly US deaths over the last five years (as accessed on March 28 , 2020 ). Figure 1 shows weekly deaths for all ages. For the year 2020, we have data through week 10, or through the week of March 7, 2020.
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WNU Editor: This story-line definitely does not fit the current political/media/social narrative. To put everything into perspective .... In March, US Deaths from COVID-19 Totaled Less Than 2 Percent of All Deaths (Mises Institute).
