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Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Covid-19 deaths displace influenza and pneumonia, becoming the top cause of death caused by any infectious or respiratory disease. It caused "substantially" more deaths than any vaccine-preventable disease historically, the researchers wrote.

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Vaccine deniers getting weeded out of the gene pool.

Darwin approves.

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-01-31 03:33 PM | Reply

"We Can Do Better!"

-Floriduh

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-02-01 09:50 AM | Reply

Sorry, even Joe is calling for the end of the Planned-Demic. You'll have to wait for the next Dem-panic.

#3 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 10:31 AM | Reply

Sorry, even Joe is calling for the end of the Planned-Demic. You'll have to wait for the next Dem-panic.

#3 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

Over a million dead
#8 killer of kids
#3 killer of adults
US life expectancy drops for the first time in literally decades
Hospitals were overflowing and holding dead bodies in refrigeration trucks

And you call it a Planned-demic and Dem-panic?

This world would be better off without you.

#4 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-02-01 11:03 AM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 3

#3
Dumb-de-dumb-dumb

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2023-02-01 11:06 AM | Reply

Visitor_, assuming you have any friends and relatives, how many of them have died from COVID?

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 11:11 AM | Reply

#4. #8 killer of kids? That is the one age demographic this virus had almost no effect on.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2023-02-01 11:11 AM | Reply

"US life expectancy drops for the first time in literally decades"

Not true.

In fact, life expectancy dropped right before the pandemic, due to the opioid crisis. Roughly 80,000 dead, most of them decades early...hence the effect.

But your point about life expectancy dropping due to Covid is spot-on.

#8 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 11:11 AM | Reply

"That is the one age demographic this virus had almost no effect on."
--JeffJ

Meanwhile, back in reality

"It caused "substantially" more deaths than any vaccine-preventable disease historically"
--Reality

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 11:13 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

8 killer of kids? That is the one age demographic this virus had almost no effect on.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2023-02-01 11:11 AM | Reply | Flag

Both of those statements can be true. What's your point? Oh...forget it Jeff.

#10 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-02-01 11:22 AM | Reply

The common cold is #7! - Myth Bomber

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2023-02-01 11:22 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

#6 None. Many have had it, a few more than once. No deaths.

#12 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 11:26 AM | Reply

And you think the Democrats did that to them.
While Trump was President.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 11:28 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#13. Did I say otherwise?

#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2023-02-01 11:29 AM | Reply

JeffJ thinks Democrats gave COVID to Visitor_'s friends.
While Trump was President.

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 11:30 AM | Reply

"While Trump was President."

Ah, so during the Biden Administration!
~Twitter Files Fanboys

#16 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 11:32 AM | Reply

#6 None. Many have had it, a few more than once. No deaths.

#12 | Posted by visitor_

And in your feeble mind, that proves that it's not deadly.

#17 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-02-01 12:05 PM | Reply

"It caused "substantially" more deaths than any vaccine-preventable disease historically, the researchers wrote."

Again, playing with the wording for shock value to herd the sheep. They don't give the population numbers now compared to, say, the 1918 flu which also killed a lot of kids. The quote doesn't say percentage, it infers total.

""If we looked at all those other leading causes of death " whether you're talking about motor vehicle accidents or childhood cancer " and we said, Gosh, if we had some simple, safe thing we could do to get rid of one of those, wouldn't we just jump at it?""

But before that they say:

"In 2019, the last year before the pandemic, the leading causes of death among children and young adults ages 0 to 19 included perinatal conditions, unintentional injuries, congenital malformations or deformations, assault, suicide, malignant neoplasms, diseases of the heart and influenza and pneumonia."

Which basically infers that unintentional injuries, assault, etc. are all the result of complexity. Yet, we see articles all the time of kids dying because of stupid reasons that could have easily been prevented.

The spin and bias in this article is almost tangible. This is just another example of them herding all of you and you continue to just blindly follow along because a journalist at a media outlet that meets your narrative said so.

#18 | Posted by humtake at 2023-02-01 12:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#18 | POSTED BY HUMTAKE

You imitate smart people poorly.

#19 | Posted by Zed at 2023-02-01 12:19 PM | Reply

If you have a problem with ending dem-panic over the planned-demic, take it up with Joe. If you're jonesing for another contrived existential threat I'm sure Joe will make another one soon. Meanwhile real problems go unnoticed and just keep happening for reasons. (The right people are profiting)

#20 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 12:28 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"contrived"

Diamond on Line 1.
Herman Cain on Line 9.

Hey, was it contrived when Trump got COVID too?

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 12:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

If you have a problem with ending dem-panic over the planned-demic, take it up with Joe. If you're jonesing for another contrived existential threat I'm sure Joe will make another one soon. Meanwhile real problems go unnoticed and just keep happening for reasons. (The right people are profiting)

#20 | Posted by visitor_

Republicans dying of covid to prove it's not real is my favorite thing since -----.

#22 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-02-01 12:34 PM | Reply

0.3%

#23 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 12:50 PM | Reply

0.3%

#23 | Posted by visitor_

Whats a few thousand dead kids to a sociopath?

#24 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-02-01 12:55 PM | Reply

If you want the % of kids it's way smaller than that. I'm using the total of the highly inflated "died with covid" numbers from the CDC.

Look Joe declared the Dem panic to be over. There's still plenty of which to be afraid. There's the insurrection that never happened, global warming in 100 years (maybe), police violence (in Democrat run cities). Just don't get concerned about Joe trying to start WWIII, that affects the bottom line of people that matter.

#25 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 01:19 PM | Reply

#4. #8 killer of kids? That is the one age demographic this virus had almost no effect on.

#7 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Jeff got his medical degree from 4Chan university.

#26 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-02-01 01:24 PM | Reply

#25 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

The insurrection was attempted. Why you choose ignorance is beyond me. In fact, you probably envied all those MAGAts on January 6th, that is until many of those MAGAts were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

Maybe that's why you choose ignorance. You can't bare to admit to yourself that you were part of the attempted insurrection in your heart, mind, and soul.

Whoops!

#27 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2023-02-01 01:25 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#25 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

Yes yes, and the earth is flat, the lizard people run everything, Q is real, and your family doesn't call because they just can't accept reality!

#28 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-02-01 01:26 PM | Reply

#4. #8 killer of kids? That is the one age demographic this virus had almost no effect on.
#7 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

"Almost" no effect is entirely relative. You're just highlighting the significant impact COVID had on other age groups, considering COVID actually did have such a significant impact on the youth, according to this research.

But go ahead and dissect the methodology. I'm sure you'll find what you need to maintain your chosen narrative in your head.

#29 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2023-02-01 01:28 PM | Reply

"significant" now that's an objective standard upon we can agree. #science #math

#30 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 01:32 PM | Reply

If it's #8 then what was #8 before? Let's assume it slid into 9th place.

What's the 9th place killer?

And let's debate that like it's prior to March of 2020.

Let's have a robust debate over what WAS the 8th place killer of kids before COVID.

#31 | Posted by eberly at 2023-02-01 01:33 PM | Reply

Of course, the number one cause of death among kids is guns.

So, Republicans are still #1!

#32 | Posted by Corky at 2023-02-01 01:39 PM | Reply

"What's the 9th place killer?"

Influenza/pnuemonia

Important enough for an annual vaccine.

Go figure.

#33 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 01:41 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Everyone needs to fully vaccinated for flu and Covid

This message brought to you by Pfizer and their bought and paid for shills at the CDC and the state party.

#34 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 01:48 PM | Reply

"significant" now that's an objective standard upon we can agree. #science #math

#30 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

It's 8th. It's the god damn 8th leading cause of death for kids. It killed 1,600 kids between the ages of 0-18 that we know of.

It's competing with ------- Cancer and Drowning.

Sorry it doesn't compete with GUNS for #1.

And it's not #science or #math, idiot. It's #medicine because we are talking about human ------- lives.

#35 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-02-01 01:50 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Everyone needs to fully vaccinated for flu and Covid
This message brought to you by Pfizer and their bought and paid for shills at the CDC and the state party.

#34 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

People like you remind me why its okay to laugh at every new post on Reddit's HermanCainAward thread.

#36 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-02-01 02:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

8 killer of kids? That is the one age demographic this virus had almost no effect on.

#7 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Apparently it did.

#37 | Posted by jpw at 2023-02-01 02:01 PM | Reply

Someone check my math.

0-18 23.5% of population
23.5% of 330 million is 77.55 million

1600/77.55E6 = 0.002%

Clearly we need to close the schools and return to our basement shelters. Shut it all down.

#38 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 02:01 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

All my 5 gallon buckets have a warning label. If kids can't read it's not my problem. I've done my part.

#39 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 02:04 PM | Reply

"Someone check my math."

You left out the part where the kids are vectors to their families.

#40 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 02:11 PM | Reply

"All my 5 gallon buckets have a warning label. If kids can't read it's not my problem. I've done my part."

No you haven't, if you leave, say, a bucket of toxic chemicals near the sidewalk with the lid off.

Related, it's why most pools require fences. It's called an "attractive nuisance". You have an affirmative responsibility to safeguard.

#41 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 02:14 PM | Reply

Are there any old people left to infect, didn't all the elderly died in the Dem-panic of 2019?

#42 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 02:15 PM | Reply

" didn't all the elderly die"

Odds are, in the closest of races, the fact Rs died from Covid at a multiple of D's, (4-1 if you go by unvaxxed percentages) caused the Democrat to win.

It's the dumbest concept in politics: giving fatal guidance to your own voters ... but that won't stop the Republicans from doubling down on it.

#43 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 02:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

global warming in 100 years (maybe)
#25 | Posted by visitor_

www.smithsonianmag.com

You're a moron.

And the only reason the insurrection didn't happen is because trump fails at everything. He tried and your entire party tried to help him.

#44 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-02-01 03:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Do you know ignorant you appear when you assign 100% of climate change to human activity? No you probably don't.

#45 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 04:55 PM | Reply

Do you know ignorant you appear when you assign 100% of climate change to human activity? No you probably don't.

#45 | Posted by visitor_

So show me doing that.

Climate always changes. But when humans release more greenhouse gas into the air than ever before in human history over a period of only a couple centuries, climate changes faster than ever before in human history. I'd explain to you why that's bad, but you're probably too stupid to understand. And then you'd return the next day spouting the same propaganda as if it had never been explained to you.

#46 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-02-01 05:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

everyone involved lied from day one....each and ever day....you were lied to.

but NOW !!! TA _DA !!.....it's all on the up and up.

bull...dozier.

you're dupes.

#47 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2023-02-01 05:50 PM | Reply

The spin and bias in this article is almost tangible. This is just another example of them herding all of you and you continue to just blindly follow along because a journalist at a media outlet that meets your narrative said so.

#18 | Posted by humtake

HEAR HEAR !!

you always !! know you're right when the freak show calls you stupid....and then moves on.

#48 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2023-02-01 05:53 PM | Reply

Hey how'd that Russian vaccine turn out? Yeah it turns out like Chernobyl didn't it?

You Russians are very good at anything.

#49 | Posted by Tor at 2023-02-01 06:00 PM | Reply

#48 | POSTED BY SHRIMPTACODAN FLAG: DUMB@SS

#50 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-02-01 08:27 PM | Reply

"This message brought to you by a Fat Orange-Faced Loser who cheats on his wives and has a very small penis."

#34 | POSTED BY VISITOR

#51 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-02-01 08:29 PM | Reply

"The researchers' analysis of data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that there were 821 Covid-19 deaths in this age group during a 12-month period from August 2021 to July 2022. That death rate " about 1 for every 100,000 children ages 0 to 19 " ranks eighth compared with the 2019 data. It ranks fifth among adolescents ages 15 to 19"

Interesting that Snoofy chose an article that didn't mention this. Most likely because the number is so low.

#52 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2023-02-02 12:00 AM | Reply

The ranking is still the ranking.

It's also easy to sneer at..until it's your kid.

The right is dragging us backwards at this point. They love their country so so much they want to undo all the 20th century changes that made it what they supposedly live.

#53 | Posted by jpw at 2023-02-02 10:33 AM | Reply

If it was up to Pisitor_ penicillin would be illegal.

#54 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-02-02 03:01 PM | Reply

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