Are we over counting COVID deaths?

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Two infectious-disease experts I spoke with believe that the number of deaths attributed to covid is far greater than the actual number of people dying from covid. Robin Dretler, an attending physician at Emory Decatur Hospital and the former president of Georgia's chapter of Infectious Diseases Society of America, estimates that at his hospital, 90 percent of patients diagnosed with covid are actually in the hospital for some other illness.

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Only now the MSM is acknowledging the possibility.

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Vaccinations save lives.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-01-17 11:42 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Same Leana Wen that said:

CNN's Leana Wen: The Unvaccinated Should Not Be Allowed To Leave Their Homes
"You have the option to not get vaccinated if you want," said the doctor. "But then you can't go out in public."
reason.com

#2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2023-01-17 11:53 AM | Reply

Simple question:

Do you have the right to infect someone else with a potentially fatal disease?

#3 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-01-17 11:59 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

No. I'm sure the 2 year drop in life expectancy in the US is from "natural causes".

#4 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-01-17 01:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

After 3rd grade material must be age appropriate. The horror!

#5 | Posted by BellRinger at 2023-01-17 01:42 PM | Reply

Only now the MSM is acknowledging the possibility.

It's Leana Wen.

She's made her name and infamy in the ID and medical world by saying preposterous things the entire pandemic.

She's a joke. And not a funny one.

#6 | Posted by jpw at 2023-01-17 02:14 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

She's a joke. And not a funny one.

#6 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2023-01-17 02:14 PM

Speaking of jokes, look what the dogs dragged up.

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2023-01-18 11:20 AM | Reply

She's a joke. And not a funny one.
#6 | POSTED BY JPW

When she/he/they was promoting the vaccine or now? Because she sounded alot like you.

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2023-01-18 11:55 AM | Reply

No, she hasn't ever sounded like me, idiot.

Love it how you and lfthndedrtrd show up with nothing but Bs because that's all your dunbasses have.

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2023-01-18 12:17 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

You have the option to not get vaccinated if you want," said the doctor. "But then you can't go out in public."
reason.com

#2 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

You also have the option of not wearing pants. But if you don't wear pants you probably shouldn't go out in public.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2023-01-18 10:35 PM | Reply

"Do you have the right to infect someone else with a potentially fatal disease?"

You can still infect others even if you're vaccinated. Not being vaccinated is not the same as having a contagious disease.

#11 | Posted by sentinel at 2023-01-20 10:38 AM | Reply

"You also have the option of not wearing pants. But if you don't wear pants you probably shouldn't go out in public."

Most pants generally don't penetrate you.

A better comparison would be circumcision (both male and female), since many people believe it prevents (or lowers) the spread of diseases.

#12 | Posted by sentinel at 2023-01-20 10:43 AM | Reply

"You can still infect others even if you're vaccinated."

But getting vaccinated turns that macro dial downward.

But nice job moving the goalposts. Just be sure to put them back where you fond them when you're done.

#13 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-01-20 10:54 AM | Reply

"Not being vaccinated is not the same as having a contagious disease."

Not being vaccinated makes the viral load larger, which makes spreading easier.

Vaccines, masks, distancing...all work.

#14 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-01-20 10:56 AM | Reply