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Monday, November 22nd, 2021

U.S. Covid-19 Deaths in 2021 Surpass 2020’s

Author:     Jon Kamp, Robbie Whelan, and Anthony DeBarros
Source:     Wall Street Journal
Publication Date:     Nov. 20, 2021 | 4:27 pm ET
Link: U.S. Covid-19 Deaths in 2021 Surpass 2020’s
Stephan:   Over 1,000 people are still dying of Covid each day in the U.S., overwhelmingly the unvaccinated. Although no one seems to be willing to say it out loud, after reading dozens of research papers, and countless articles in the general media, it seems clear to me that the truth of the situation is that we are not going to get a handle on Covid until hundreds of thousands more unvaccinated Americans commit Covid-suicide. It is obvious you just can't fix stupid, even when it costs people their life.
A doctor checks on a Covid-19 patient in Tarzana, Calif.. Experts blame the continued spread of Covid on the Delta variant and low vaccination rates in some communities. Credit: Apu Gomes/Agence France-Presse/Getty

The number of U.S. Covid-19 deaths recorded in 2021 has surpassed the toll in 2020, according to federal data and Johns Hopkins University, demonstrating the virus’s persistent menace.

The total number of reported deaths linked to the disease topped 770,800 on Saturday, Johns Hopkins data show. This puts the pandemic-long total at more than twice the 385,343 Covid-19 deaths recorded last year, according to the most recent death-certificate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The spread of the highly contagious Delta variant and low vaccination rates in some communities were important factors, infectious-disease experts said. The milestone comes as Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations move higher again in places such as New England and the upper Midwest, with the seven-day average for new cases recently closer to 90,000 a day after it neared 70,000 last month.

Covid-19 has […]

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