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    CDC says COVID-only deaths a mere 6% of death totals

    The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week reported that only 6% of COVID-19 deaths reported in United States had the disease listed as the only cause of death.

    For Massachusetts, the DPH reported Saturday that 1.8% of COVID-19 deaths had the disease listed as the only cause. Data from China reported in March showed a 0.9% rate, meaning 99.1% died who had underlying health problems.

    The CDC Aug. 26 report shows 92% of COVID-19-related deaths in the US struck those 55 years and older, with nearly 8 in 10 of deaths those 65 and over.

    Of the 161,392 deaths examined so far, according to the recent CDC data, 330 people, or 0.2% were 24 years old or younger.

    In this category, 111 of them suffered from influenza and pneumonia; 99 had respiratory failure; 46 had cardiac arrest, and 41, diabetes.

    The other prominent underlying condition in the 24-and-under age group is obesity, the CDC data says, with that being a health problem in 79 of the 330 deaths examined.

    That is an obesity rate of 24%, or nearly one in four.

    In an interview Monday, Dr. Mireya Wesslossky of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester said that with all the COVID-19 precautions now in place, it makes sense for children to be in school...

    CDC says COVID-only deaths a mere 6% - News - telegram.com - Worcester, MA

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    It was able to increase the overall death rate by 700% in New York at one point so one can't simply blame it all on "other factors". The combination is what typically kills people but they would have lived longer to much longer if it hadn't been for the addition of that virus.

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