Hiya Easy,
Well my medical expert pal has a problem with the analysis you did that I shared with him. He’s asking specifically where CDC says 91% of deaths were people with co-morbidities.
What is says just above the second chart from the bottom of the page...is:
“...Among 8,672 hospitalized adults with information on
underlying medical conditions, 91% had at least one
reported underlying medical condition. “
Which I have to agree, isn’t the same thing.
Seems like some data is missing here.
And a question of my own: when looking at that chart (2nd from bottom) where it says “Preliminary data as of July 4”, how do we know that is cumulative data? And from what start date?
“Hiya Easy,
Well my medical expert pal has a problem with the analysis you did that I shared with him. He’s asking specifically where CDC says 91% of deaths were people with co-morbidities.”
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I’m at a loss here.
Get your medical expert pal to explain to us the difference
between underlying medical conditions, and co-morbidities.
And why it matters.
And how much difference it would make to the number of
deaths caused only by COVID19 alone?
Their sample makes it look like 9%. More? Less?
And if your pal has trouble getting the answers they need
from the CDC to those questions, one has to wonder why.
(Or does your pal already have all the answers they need?)
I can imagine several possibilities. None of them good.
As to your second question, these charts all along have needed a few weeks to firm up the recent weeks numbers.
Don’t hang your hat on anything the numbers of the last couple weeks may indicate.
~Easy