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| Crude death rates for pneumonia + flu for the years 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023 combined. Values vary from 8.1/100 in Colorado to 26.8/100 in West Virginia |
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| At the county level |
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| A weird pattern |
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| Deaths by month. Most of the deaths are "Pneumonia" |
For what it is worth, I touched bases with one of my "sources" and he said that he has not diagnosed significantly more cases of pneumonia this December to expects cases to increase in January.
Any information from readers with boots-on-the-ground? I am pretty sure I have at least a couple of readers who work in Emergency Rooms.
Worth noting: the missing 2020 and 2021 data. Buncha flu got re-branded as covid. All Y'all, please shove that fact at the covid " true beleivers" every chance you get.
ReplyDeleteI did not include that data because of the concerns that you raised. I only have 400-to-600 words and I try to only cover one issue at a time.
DeleteThe chemtrails have been relentless the last few months in the SW VA/WV/TN area.
ReplyDeleteI gotta ask. I am Albertan and not well versed in Yank demographics and geography.... but is there a possible racial correlation in any of that? I dunno if it is racist or not to notice if someone indulges in unhealthy and self destructive habits anymore.
ReplyDeleteThe diagonal slash of the "check mark" pattern is Appalachia and very heavily weighted to English/Scot/Irish genetics.
DeleteLouisiana and the vertical part of the check mark along the Mississippi is very heavily weighted with African-Americans.
One striking contrast is between Indiana and Illinois. Indiana looking very good and Illinois having many very high death-rate counties.
I also work at several local hospitals and they are all covered up with flu patients....
ReplyDeleteHistorically pneumonia deaths are a fraction of what they were a century+ ago and are confined mostly to the old and the very young. So far this season flu is up...but I've seen worse seasons. As for pneumonia, I am not seeing any more than normal for winter. This of course is always subject to rapid change without notice.
ReplyDeleteAbout a third of our ER and admissions are for flu and such.
ReplyDeleteNot unusual looking at yearly data.
Older folks and obese seem to suffer the most.
Michael the anonymous
2nd hand info from a Nursing Supervisor who works at two different hospitals in northern Minnesota. She tells me they are getting overrun in the ER's with flu cases.
ReplyDeleteIn the autumn the BBC tried to scare us all with hysterical rubbish about "superflu" striking Britain. The cries have died down - it seems to be a pretty normal flu season. Such a pity that they didn't pipe down after the early hysteria about Covid.
ReplyDeleteMy home is in one of the dark blue counties. I can confirm Filthie's suspicion that very poor life choices are at least partially responsible for this.
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