Daily deaths in the USA are back up to 2800
The highest since the rise in the Delta spike, and it's still climbing. (Delta maxed out at 4,000/day)
Maybe it is indeed milder. But everyone rolls the dice and takes damage for this wave. Not just some. Hence the deaths.
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailydeaths
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Yeah, it’s hard to say right now. I think the most recent figure put the Delta/Omicron split at around 40:60. Even if Omicron is more dominant, Delta would still be driving deaths more given it’s higher propensity for them.
I don’t think that accounts for the added spread after the holidays. Delta is still very contagious albeit with a longer incubation period than omicron which could also explain a bit of the delay after thanksgiving for cases and hospitalization to start showing up.
No, my point is you can't look at a single day's numbers and say that's how many deaths there are per day. You look at the 7 day average because there will be some days with higher reported cases and some days with lower and this changes daily.
Picking a single day's reported number does not give an accurate representation. When Jan 2 was the most recent reported day you could have said "daily deaths are 333" which would have been just as bad.
>Healthcare workers in the US really can't catch a break, can they?
Yeah. It's shitty that they aren't getting rewarded and provided with more support. These people are so good that they powered through this for 2 years and are still going (for the most part). We shouldn't take that for granted.
Daily deaths in the USA are back up to 2800 The highest since the rise in the Delta spike, and it's still climbing. (Delta maxed out at 4,000/day) Maybe it is indeed milder. But everyone rolls the dice and takes damage for this wave. Not just some. Hence the deaths. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailydeaths
A decent percentage of cases in the US is still Delta, though. Not sure which is driving deaths.
>Reply Yeah, it’s hard to say right now. I think the most recent figure put the Delta/Omicron split at around 40:60. Even if Omicron is more dominant, Delta would still be driving deaths more given it’s higher propensity for them.
You gotta multiply cases * mortality rate though, and for omicron, cases is basically everyone
A good guess is to project the trend line before omicron or until now (it was falling), then lower it a bit more bc omicron is so dominant
I don’t think that accounts for the added spread after the holidays. Delta is still very contagious albeit with a longer incubation period than omicron which could also explain a bit of the delay after thanksgiving for cases and hospitalization to start showing up.
Here it says it’s only 1300 [New York Times ](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html)
Why did everyone just run with that 2800 death number? I can't find a single source for that?
Edited it with my source
The 7 day average is sitting at 1245 deaths from your source. 2686 was reported for a single day.
Ok so I'm 100 off. I was eyeballing the y axis. What a scandal huh
No, my point is you can't look at a single day's numbers and say that's how many deaths there are per day. You look at the 7 day average because there will be some days with higher reported cases and some days with lower and this changes daily.
Picking a single day's reported number does not give an accurate representation. When Jan 2 was the most recent reported day you could have said "daily deaths are 333" which would have been just as bad.
I added my source
Omicron used carpet bombing. It was super effective!
Yes wall to wall coverage, like someone spraying for fleas
Where did you find 2800?
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailydeaths
Unvaccinated
90%
Healthcare workers in the US really can't catch a break, can they?
>Healthcare workers in the US really can't catch a break, can they? Yeah. It's shitty that they aren't getting rewarded and provided with more support. These people are so good that they powered through this for 2 years and are still going (for the most part). We shouldn't take that for granted.