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Originally Posted by ernie
Edit: using 2017 data COVID-19 just passed Alzheimer’s to take over 6th place in the leading causes of death in the USA. 47,000 more Deaths and it will break into the top 3.
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I think it’s worse than that, I believe you’re comparing annual totals to the ongoing Covid deaths. So, Covid has killed more Americans in about four months than Alzheimer’s did in all of 2017.
Cancer and Heart Disease kill 50-55,000 Americans a month, Covid is averaging about 30,000. Since January Covid-19 has gone from literally non-existent to the third leading cause of death in the US.
For comparison, in Canada about 2,000 people a month have been dying of this illness, a rate which also places Covid as the third leading cause of death in the nation.