There's this weird collective decision in the media to pretend that covid deaths are now rising when they have been steadily decreasing since May.https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1280193910770368512 …
I think that's the reason for the headlines, but I don't think the confidence in assuming rising infections will mean rising deaths is justified.
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...I mean while the lower average age will probably mean an initially lower CFR than the first wave, I don't understand how we're not going to have a spike in deaths when we have this big of a spike in infections.
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Well, is the fixation on death as the only negative outcome justified? Given at least 3 well-sourced and reviewed studies show a high probability of lung damage with uncertain duration are out there. Cases themselves represent a public health crisis.
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I think that's a good point, but another place where public health messaging has failed is telling people just how severe this disease can be, and what "recovery" means.
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