CORONAVIRUS PANIC WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE

[OngBonga]

Fewer people are going out and catching pneumonia from community spread. That would be one explanation.

Pneumonia is an infection that's caused by a lot of things. It's not really a disease you catch from person to person, it's more a sign that your body is struggling to fight off an infection. You can catch contagious viruses that then go on to cause pneumonia (such as CV), but you don't catch pneumonia itself.

Most people who die from CV will die as a result of either pneumonia or ARDS (respiratory failure). If figures for these causes of death are unusually low during this time, then chances are that they are being counted towards CV totals. There should be more people dying of non-CV related pneumonia and ARDS, due to the demands on ICU capacity.

[Poopadoop]

Pneumonia is an infection that's caused by a lot of things. It's not really a disease you catch from person to person, it's more a sign that your body is struggling to fight off an infection. You can catch contagious viruses that then go on to cause pneumonia (such as CV), but you don't catch pneumonia itself.

All respiratory bacteria/viruses are transmissible from person-to-person, including pneumonia.

https://www.healthline.com/health/is...nia-contagious

Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. Some of these germs do spread from person to person, so you may be contagious if you have certain types of pneumonia.

Most people who die from CV will die as a result of either pneumonia or ARDS (respiratory failure). If figures for these causes of death are unusually low during this time, then chances are that they are being counted towards CV totals. There should be more people dying of non-CV related pneumonia and ARDS, due to the demands on ICU capacity.

My understanding is that you don't count towards a "CV-death" unless you test positive for CV.

So no, someone who dies of pneumonia but doesn't have CV doesnt get mistaken for a CV-related death.

[wufwugy]

My understanding is that you don't count towards a "CV-death" unless you test positive for CV.

So no, someone who dies of pneumonia but doesn't have CV doesnt get mistaken for a CV-related death.

Cases in which they could might be if they also had the flu but the death gets marked as CV (because that's prominent on minds).

[Poopadoop]

Cases in which they could might be if they also had the flu but the death gets marked as CV (because that's prominent on minds).

Could happen. But, I think the WHO is running a tighter ship than that. I don't think you're supposed to count it as CV without a +ive test.

More likely seems that a lot of early CV deaths were ascribed to flu/pneum. because no-one was thinking CV then.

[wufwugy]

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