{"id":39064,"date":"2020-11-29T16:51:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T20:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=39064"},"modified":"2020-11-29T16:52:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T20:52:30","slug":"39064","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=39064","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Pandemic Has NOT Increased U.S. Death Rate! Why ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Johns Hopkins academic: CDC data shows COVID hasn\u2019t increased US death rate<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;The data doesn\u2019t show that older individuals are dying in a higher proportion to total deaths than usual. We also found evidence that Covid 19 death numbers were misleading.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>By Michael Haynes<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hopkins-1.png\" data-caption=\"JHU Advanced Academic Programs \/ Youtube screen grab \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-2\" title=\"Hopkins (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hopkins-1-696x464.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hopkins-1-696x464.png 696w, https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hopkins-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hopkins-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hopkins-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hopkins-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hopkins-1-2048x1365.png 2048w, https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hopkins-1-1068x712.png 1068w, https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hopkins-1-630x420.png 630w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">JHU Advanced Academic Programs \/ Youtube screen grab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Using statistical analysis, a senior lecturer from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) has demonstrated that COVID-19 has resulted in no excess deaths, yet the university has censored the article online.<\/p>\n<p>Dr.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/advanced.jhu.edu\/directory\/genevieve-briand\/\">Genevieve Briand<\/a>, the \u201cAssistant Director for MS in Applied Economics,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3TKJN61aflI\">gave a video lecture<\/a>\u00a0in which she examined the deaths due to COVID-19 and deaths overall in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Covid-19 Deaths: A Look at U.S. Data\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3TKJN61aflI?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\" width=\"100%\" height=\"392\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her findings were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201122214034\/https:\/\/www.jhunewsletter.com\/article\/2020\/11\/a-closer-look-at-u-s-deaths-due-to-covid-19\">compiled in an article<\/a>\u00a0in the JHU newsletter, penned by Yanni Gu, which has since been removed by the university. In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JHUNewsLetter\/status\/1332100155986882562\">tweet<\/a>, JHU stated that the article was deleted, because it \u201cwas being used to support false and dangerous inaccuracies about the impact of the pandemic. We regret that this article may have contributed to the spread of misinformation about COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the lecture, using data drawn from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website, Briand noted that the deaths of \u201colder people stayed the same before and after COVID-19.\u201d This finding was contrary to expectation: \u201cSince COVID-19 mainly affects the elderly, experts expected an increase in the percentage of deaths in older age groups. However, this increase is not seen from the CDC data. In fact, the percentages of deaths among all age groups remain relatively the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Presenting data from February to September, she noted that each week, before and after the impact of the virus, \u201can average of over 60,000 individuals die per week. So 50,000 to 70,000 deaths per week is normal, it is to be expected.\u201d The latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covid-data\/pdf\/covidview-11-20-2020.pdf\">weekly<\/a>\u00a0report from the CDC notes that in week 46 of 2020, only \u201c1,260\u201d had COVID\u201319 \u201clisted as an underlying or contributing cause of death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comparing deaths from 2014 to 2020, Briand then demonstrated that whilst the data recorded a slight spike in 2020, there were only 11,292 more deaths than 2018. Thus the COVID spike was found to be consistent with both seasonal and historical trends.<\/p>\n<p>Taking 2018 as an example, Briand pointed out that \u201cthe pattern of seasonal increase in the total number of deaths is a result of the rise in deaths by all causes,\u201d with \u201cheart disease, respiratory diseases, influenza and pneumonia\u201d being the three leading causes of death.<\/p>\n<p>Yet when examining 2020\u2019s data in the seasonal period, she found that \u201cCOVID-19-related deaths exceeded deaths from heart diseases,\u201d which was unusual, since heart disease \u201chas always prevailed as the leading cause of deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comparing the 2020 figures to the corresponding period in 2018, they showed that in 2020, \u201cinstead of the expected drastic increase across all causes, there was a significant decrease in deaths due to heart disease. Even more surprising \u2026 this sudden decline in deaths is observed for all other causes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The JHU newsletter article stated that the \u201ctrend is completely contrary to the pattern observed in all previous years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also observes that \u201cthe total decrease in deaths by other causes almost exactly equals the increase in deaths by COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hence, according to Dr. Briand, \u201cthe COVID-19 death toll is misleading \u2026 deaths due to heart diseases, respiratory diseases, influenza and pneumonia may instead be recategorized as being due to COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks in April with the highest reported number of deaths, the rise in COVID deaths almost exactly mirrored the decrease in the leading causes of deaths.<\/p>\n<div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_20099\">\n<dt>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/COVID_death_graph_3000_1875_75_s_c1-300x188.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"408\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graph depicts the total decrease in deaths by various causes, including COVID-19. SOURCE: Courtesy of Genevieve Briand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>She concluded with a number of summary statements: \u201cBy the CDC\u2019s own account, in this pandemic, deaths of children have been less than in each of the last five flue seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor three of the four weeks where COVID-19 deaths, where reported, have been higher than heart disease deaths, the number of deaths due to heart disease, influenza, and pneumonia, chronic respiratory disease and more, decreased,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll this points to the reason we have a higher number of reported COVID-19 deaths among older individuals than younger individuals, is simply because every day in the U.S. older individuals die in higher numbers than younger individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briand further commented: \u201cThe data doesn\u2019t show that older individuals are dying in a higher proportion to total deaths than usual. We also found evidence that COVID-19 death numbers were misleading. We found evidence some deaths caused by diseases of the heart, chronic lower order respiratory diseases, flu and pneumonia, and more, were simply reclassified as COVID-19 deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The American Institute for Economic Research\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aier.org\/article\/new-study-highlights-serious-accounting-error-regarding-covid-deaths\/\">commented<\/a>\u00a0on the finding, saying that the \u201caccounting error regarding Covid deaths \u2026 has caused mass hysteria and misinformed public policy. Closing down communities to fight a virus that according to the data, has had no significant contribution to total deaths, reduces our overall capacity to build a healthy society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of this points to no evidence that COVID-19 created any excess deaths. Total death numbers are not above normal death numbers. We found no evidence to the contrary,\u201d Dr. Briand concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was republished with permission from LifeSiteNews.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/johns-hopkins-academic-cdc-data-shows-covid-hasnt-increased-us-death-rate\/\">https:\/\/alphanewsmn.com\/johns-hopkins-academic-cdc-data-shows-covid-hasnt-increased-us-death-rate\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johns Hopkins academic: CDC data shows COVID hasn\u2019t increased US death rate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}