Posted on 07/18/2020 10:18:50 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
People with comorbidities account for 81 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) disclosed to the MacIver News Service on Friday.
A comorbidity refers to a person “having two or more diseases at the same time,” as described by the National Cancer Institute. If someone has both cancer and diabetes, then they are considered comorbid. If someone has kidney disease and has tested positive for the coronavirus, then they are also considered comorbid.
Comorbidities sometimes do not affect each other, but in some cases, the multiple conditions could make one disease worse.
DHS specifically noted that pregnancy is included as a comorbidity in their data, but old age is not. Of the Wisconsinites who have passed away from COVID-19, over 70 percent of them have been over the age of 70.
The Centers for Disease Control note that people with pre-existing cancers, heart conditions, diabetes, liver disease, dementia, or smoking habits could be at a greater risk of experiencing a severe case of the coronavirus.
Of Wisconsin’s 833 COVID-related deaths on Friday, July 17, 675 of the deceased were identified as having another condition besides their COVID-19 infection.
Of the 833 recorded COVID-19 deaths, 12 people (1 percent) did not have a condition in addition to their COVID-19 infection.
In 146 people (18 percent) who have died with COVID-19, the DHS is unsure if they had another condition or illness. Whoever registered the person’s death did not indicate if the person had another condition, but their records do not say that the person was free from comorbidities.
As of July 17th, 40,507 Wisconsinites have tested positive for the coronavirus. 2.1 percent of these positive tests have resulted in death. Almost 30,000 Wisconsinites have fully recovered from COVID-19.
Check your state. The same probably applies to you.
“Of Wisconsin’s 833 COVID-related deaths on Friday, July 17, 675 of the deceased were identified as having another condition besides their COVID-19 infection.”
Almost everyone who dies outside of accidents has comorbidities.
All of this bean counting is funny.
Died OF Covid or died WITH Covid?
I guess the $8,000 the feds are giving per each death determined it.
I believe in the years to come when all the dust clears and we look back on this time and look at the death rate over the decades in the US, this period of time wont even show as much more than a minor blip on the chart
Come on, Man! Wisconsin wants her fair share of the cash in the Federal Cookie Jar! *SMIRK*
And, as usual, they are leaving out OBESITY.
I agree. Why are there more reported/tallied deaths with this flu than with, say, H1N1 in 2009 (?) which was the last time we had a killer flu strain running rampant.
A Democrat was President then, so numbers were cooked downwards, I’m sure. :(
The advantage of reporting in a vacuum is that the reporter can pick and choose what sounds really bad. It also allows the reporter to get the story published, especially if nobody has a handle on what normal looks like. It’s like the other article talking about caoacity: is 80% about normal, or is this an emergency?
In addition to the 81% who had identified co-morbidities, more may have conditions that didn’t qualify as co-morbidites (such as gunshot wounds, traffic accidents, drug overdoses), but still count toward the premium COVID reimbursement rate they receive for classifying it as COVID.
COVID-related...
My cousin was a drug addict, alcoholic, thief etc. She had COVID in March and died a couple weeks ago of a heart attack. Of course it was listed as COVID
Heck, all of my advice is FREE! You get what you pay for, LOL! ;)
Others had auto and motorcycle accidents.
Oh, puleeze. Everyone has any number of underlying health conditions. There wouldn’t be a need for health insurance if we were all 100% healthy all our lives.
In the meantime, everytime the numbers go up from all the testing....Fauci smiles. The little b******.
If a 30/40 year old gets corona virus and dies. He died from the virus not the comorbidity. He/She probably would have lived another 30+ years with their condition without encountering the virus.
I think it gives some people a false sense of security thinking it will only affect other people and not themselves.
Healthy people have died from this virus.
I wonder how many were plugging drugs in the rectum
This is why we are taking responsibility for our own safety. My husband has heart disease and COPD. Being exposed and contracting the virus could be devastating for him. So, we have taken precautions. We do not ask anyone else to protect us. He stays inside except for occasional drives. We have groceries delivered. We are minimizing our risk. Knowing it is not 100%, of course.
We are retired and have no need to go places where people congregate. Yes, I miss my son but he is emphatic about not chancing his step-dad’s health.
Bottom line is personal responsibility. It is not your job, not the government’s, not the random stranger at WalMart’s to protect us. If I decide to go somewhere and contract the virus and bring it home, it is on me. No one else. I refuse to ask/demand anyone change their legal/moral behavior for me.
Excess Deaths are up this year, a lot. They capture the deaths in previous years from comorbidities. This is all silly.
Old people are getting killed. They have comorbidities. You won’t find too many 75 year olds without them.
And btw 75 yr olds have a further life expectancy of 12 yrs so don’t try to play the card . . . they would be dead soon anyway.
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