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ecstatic

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2. The media has painted a picture of coronavirus
Tue May 12, 2020, 12:56 AM
May 2020

being something that only blue state/ city folks have to worry about. Honestly, I'm OK with that portrayal because it has made my family and friends way more cautious.

I've been checking out the CDC's Vital Statistic numbers and it provides a lot more perspective on what's going on in the United States. I think many people are feeling a false sense of security based on what the media has focused on.

Check out: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm
Provisional Deaths by Demographic and Geographic Characteristics
Table 2A

Another area on the site shows Excess Death Data: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
It's a little tricky, but just scroll past the legalese and select Dashboard options. It appears that COVID-19 deaths may be undercounted by around 32k (if I'm interpreting the info correctly).

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