Here is this week’s refresh of the excess mortality count from the CDC (last updated December 16). The federal agency identified over 367,000 excess deaths across the country since the start of this year (about 21 thousand more than last week’s estimate). The overall excess mortality rate rose from 11.6% last week to 12.0% this week. Data from CDC’s National Center of Health Statistics, updated December 16, 2020
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“Studies of excess deaths in the United States, as well as analyses published by the media, have calculated the absolute excess number of deaths by using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on total deaths, by week, in 2020 compared with deaths during the same week in recent years (2014/2015 to 2019). These estimates did not account for population changes during the comparison period, although the U.S. population is in the midst of a major transition driven by aging of the Baby Boomers (that is, the 1945 to 1965 birth cohorts). Of importance, the population aged … Read More
Here is this week’s refresh of the excess mortality count from the CDC (last updated December 9). The federal agency identified over 346,000 excess deaths across the country since the start of this year (about eleven thousand more than last week’s estimate). The overall excess mortality rate rose slightly from 11.5% last week to 11.6% this week. Data from CDC’s National Center of Health Statistics, updated December 9, 2020
Here is this week’s refresh of the excess mortality count from the CDC (last updated December 2). The federal agency identified over 335,000 excess deaths across the country since the start of this year (about three thousand more than last week’s estimate). The overall excess mortality rate dropped slightly from 11.6% last week to 11.5% this week. Data from CDC’s National Center of Health Statistics, updated December 2, 2020
This week’s refresh of the excess mortality count from the CDC (last updated November 25). The federal agency identified nearly 331,000 excess deaths across the country since the start of this year (about 17,000 more than last week’s estimate). The overall excess mortality rate rose slightly from 11.3% last week to 11.6% this week. Data from CDC’s National Center of Health Statistics, updated November 25, 2020
“Hospital at home (HaH), a care model that provides acute hospital-level care in patients’ homes, has been well characterized. Controlled trials and subsequent meta-analyses have suggested the efficacy of HaH, demonstrating noninferior or even superior mortality, readmission, and length of stay outcomes compared with traditional hospitalization for heterogeneous patient populations. [..] Reasons for low adoption include misaligned or lack of financial incentives and challenges inherent in implementing a complex intervention. For example, even when home hospitalization models have been implemented in the United States in study settings or those with aligned payment incentives, low participation rates have been ubiquitous (ranging … Read More
This week’s refresh of the excess mortality count from the CDC (last updated November 19, I think). The federal agency identified over 314,000 excess deaths across the country since the start of this year (about 10 thousand more than last week’s estimate). The overall excess mortality rate rose slightly from 11.2% last week to 11.3% this week. Data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, updated November 19, 2020
This week’s refresh of the excess mortality count from the CDC (last updated November 12). The federal agency identified over 304,000 excess deaths across the country since the start of this year (about six thousand more than last week’s estimate). The overall excess mortality rate remained at 11.2% compared to last week. Data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, updated November 12, 2020
This week’s refresh of the excess mortality count from the CDC (last updated November 4). The federal agency identified over 298,000 excess deaths across the country since the start of this year (about 4,000 more than last week’s estimate). The overall excess mortality rate decreased from 11.3% last week to 11.2% this week. Data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, updated November 4, 2020
“In their 2019 book, The Misinformation Age, Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall explain how false beliefs persist and spread. They emphasise the social character of fake news. The connections between us in groups or networks enable the propagation of misleading evidence as well as true beliefs. Models of communication show the importance of trust in shaping the spread of beliefs. The greater the distrust among those with different views, the greater the risk of permanent polarisation. We are also prey to conformity bias—a desire to agree with others and to trust the judgments of others. Our predilection to conformity … Read More