US Surpasses 700,000 Covid Deaths: Johns Hopkins
US fatalities from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation's capital Washington.
The grim threshold comes with an average of well over 1,000 dying each day, in a country where 55.7 percent of the population is now fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
After a heavily criticized early response to the pandemic, the United States organized an effective vaccine roll-out -- only to see a significant portion of Americans still refusing to get the shots.
The United States finds itself having notched the most fatalities in the world, far exceeding other frontrunners such as Brazil and India, and facing a resurgence in cases due to the prominence of the highly contagious Delta variant.
While the latest global coronavirus wave peaked in late August, the virus continues to spread rapidly, particularly in the United States.
The vaccination campaign launched by US authorities in December -- which had reached a peak in April, with sometimes more than four million injections per day -- has meanwhile slowed considerably.
Coronavirus misinformation has been rampant in the country, and masking remains a political issue, dividing many Americans.
Some Republican governors, such as those in Texas and Florida, have sought to ban mandatory masking in their states, citing individual freedoms.
The Democratic state of California on the other hand announced on Friday that Covid vaccinations will be compulsory for all students.
In Washington, hundreds of thousands of white flags fluttered on the grass on the National Mall, not far from the White House, as somber reminders of those who have died of Covid in the United States.
Nearly 4.8 million people worldwide have died since the outbreak began in China in December 2019, according to an AFP tally from official sources.
US fatalities from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation's capital Washington.
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People who died "of" Covid or "with" Covid but presented with another life threatening illness like severe head trauma after a motorcycle accident, or 2 bullets to the brain.
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I knew of someone who got hit by a meteor last week. They ran a COVID test on him and he magically tested positive. So what did the death certificate state as the cause of death? COVID of course. 700k deaths- realistically 80-90k. What a scam.
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Fake news because more then half died with covid not because of covid and even the corrupt lying scumbags in the CDC admit this.
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So about 300,000 in the 9 month Biden Presidency. But it’s not his fault.
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FROM COVID or WITH COVID. A Hugh difference there. BTW. FLU seasons 20-21 had NO deaths. I guess those FLU shots are killing it (pun of course).
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How many of those were "from" Covid versus those that were "with" Covid? They already revised death counts in some areas which dropped the death count. When they record overdoses and accidents as Covid deaths to inflate numbers, red flags should have been going off in every sane person's head.
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so what?
That's 1000 people a day since this chinese contagion officially started over nearly 2 years. 9000 people die every day anyway...and Heart disease alone kills twice as many people as this does and frankly, the stats are bloated. A 105 year old lady died recently of old age and that somehow equates to a COVID death. On average, a person in the US in any age group stands a 95% chance of full survival. people under 60 are more like 99+%. SO this is fake. and its an appeal to fear.
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Way to go Joe!! You have now killed more Americans than Trump!!