At that rate, there would be nearly 150,000 deaths a year. But are these Americans dying from COVID or with COVID?”The doctor claimed that “Understanding this distinction is crucial to putting the continuing toll of the coronavirus into perspective. Wen recounted Doron’s experience at Tufts Medical Center, writing, “During some days, she said, the proportion of those hospitalized because of COVID were as low as 10 percent of the total number reported” who had COVID. Epidemiologist Dr. Tracy Høeg responded to Wen’s piece, stating, “Spring 2021 [USA] had good evidence >40% of child COVID admissions were incidental. We truly do not know how many actually died from COVID, which means that not even the CFR is accurate.”Timcast staff writer Adrian Norman wrote, “TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATE.”

Source: Washington Post January 14, 2023 23:34 UTC