America's Covid-19 Deaths Likely to Exceed 9/11's Death Toll Every Day, For Two Months
Of the 15 deadliest days in American history, 10 have happened within the last two weeks.
Galveston Hurricane (in 1900) — 8,000
Battle of Antietam (1862) — 3,675
Battle of Gettysburg (1863) — 3,155
This Thursday - 3,067
This Wednesday - 3,054
September 11 (2001) — 2,977
Last Thursday — 2,879
Last Wednesday — 2,804
This Friday - 2,749
This Tuesday - 2,622
Last Friday — 2,607
Last Tuesday — 2,597
Today - 2,477
Last Saturday - 2,445
Pearl Harbor (1941) — 2,403
Think about it. Do you really need to attend that Christmas party?
Case fatality rates peaked at 7% in April. They are now down to 3% globally, 2% in the US and India. This is all due to the efforts of healthcare workers and scientists. But as I've repeated ad nauseam, fatality is only part of the Covid story.
So far, 5 million US residents have acquired Long Covid - persistent symptoms such as fatigue, cough, head ache and body aches, and long term ailments caused by damage to the heart, lungs and the brain.
[300,00 US residents a day are falling sick with Covid. On any given day, about 5 million people are sick with Covid. 16 million cases so far in the US, 0.3 million deaths. 35% of the patients who recover from Covid report long term symptoms: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/risk-comms-updates/update-36-long-term-symptoms.pdf.]
Of the 15 deadliest days in American history, 10 have happened within the last two weeks.
Galveston Hurricane (in 1900) — 8,000
Battle of Antietam (1862) — 3,675
Battle of Gettysburg (1863) — 3,155
This Thursday - 3,067
This Wednesday - 3,054
September 11 (2001) — 2,977
Last Thursday — 2,879
Last Wednesday — 2,804
This Friday - 2,749
This Tuesday - 2,622
Last Friday — 2,607
Last Tuesday — 2,597
Today - 2,477
Last Saturday - 2,445
Pearl Harbor (1941) — 2,403
Think about it. Do you really need to attend that Christmas party?
Case fatality rates peaked at 7% in April. They are now down to 3% globally, 2% in the US and India. This is all due to the efforts of healthcare workers and scientists. But as I've repeated ad nauseam, fatality is only part of the Covid story.
So far, 5 million US residents have acquired Long Covid - persistent symptoms such as fatigue, cough, head ache and body aches, and long term ailments caused by damage to the heart, lungs and the brain.
[300,00 US residents a day are falling sick with Covid. On any given day, about 5 million people are sick with Covid. 16 million cases so far in the US, 0.3 million deaths. 35% of the patients who recover from Covid report long term symptoms: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/risk-comms-updates/update-36-long-term-symptoms.pdf.]