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So I saw something pretty stunning and terrifying earlier: an insurance company says working age deaths are up 40% in the US

Posted by ty97 Jan 3 '22, 14:14

What I originally saw/read about it (and can't find now) is that a lot of these deaths are months after COVID and may be due to vascular issues, though I think it's too early to say if these are a result of the initial COVID infection or something else?

Regardless the reason, the people are not COVID-positive when they die and therefore are not listed as COVID deaths. So of the course the anti-vaxers are running with this and saying the vaccines are killing people.

(I'm not a scientist so what do I know)

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Here's an article about it -- (link) - ty97 Jan 3, 14:36 1
- That's a grim article all the way around. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 3, 14:47
the wife has been dealing with post covid myocarditis for the last 4 months. - groiny Jan 3, 14:23 18
- Jeebus -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 14:50
- Ugh! I hope she gets much better very soon. -- nm - Krusty Jan 3, 14:45
- Hoo boy, that sounds rough. I'm sorry. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 3, 14:43 3
  - I knew nothing about myocarditis until this, it is scary shit. -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 14:46 2
    - Yeah, it hasn't received the news attention it should over the past 2 years. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 3, 14:48 1
      - and her covid virus was not even a bad case, she was just feverish and tired. - groiny Jan 3, 14:49
- I'm sorry to hear that. I wish her a full recovery. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:42
- This is why I can't be blase about "oh we're all getting it". It's the world's shittiest lottery. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 14:41 7
  - for sure, the one thing that has bugged me about it is the "well the deaths are down" - groiny Jan 3, 14:43 1
    - Yes, it really is. - Dark Callisto Jan 3, 14:49
  - I certainly don't think we should be blase about it, though I feel pretty resigned to 'most everyone is getting it' at this point. - ty97 Jan 3, 14:42 4
    - This is exactly how I feel. -- nm - MDH Jan 3, 14:46
    - My hope is that omicron isn't just (in many cases) mild as an infection, hopefully it's long term impacts are also mild. - ty97 Jan 3, 14:43 2
      - just in the volume of people I actually know first hand getting it, it is miles ahead of the old strain. - groiny Jan 3, 14:45
      - Agreed. And my hope is the longer we keep from getting it, the "weaker" the variant we get will be. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 14:44
- So sorry, Wes. Hope it goes away quickly. -- nm - Inigo Jan 3, 14:36 1
  - thanks, it has been a long, stressful road. -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 14:40
- ugh, that's awful, I'm sorry -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 14:24
I wonder if some of those weren't stress related? -- nm - Meg Jan 3, 14:18

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