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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread debated how this winter's covid season would compare to last year. We now have that data. This year's covid hospitalizations and deaths followed exactly the same pattern as last year; hospitalizations peaked the first week of January and deaths peaked in early/mid January. Looking at cumulative weekly data since the start of October, this season's covid hospitalizations were down 25% and covid deaths were down 40% relative to last year. This reflects the fact that current variants are milder than earlier variants and that most of the population has now had covid at least once.

The moderating trend in covid hospitalizations and deaths was apparent throughout the winter season, which is why the CDC's urgent Health Advisory warning in December about the risks of severe disease due to low vaccination rates was so odd. This season's moderation in covid hospitalizations and deaths occurred despite minimal uptake of the new booster.

New Covid Hospitalizations  https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklyhospitaladmissions_select_00
New Covid Deaths https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklydeaths_select_00[/quote]
PP again. The CDC has released preliminary rankings for leading causes of death in 2023. Covid barely made the top ten. It was ranked #10 with 49,707 deaths. Flu and pneumonia were #11 with 44,751 deaths.
https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D176/D374F608

The moderation in covid deaths is one factor the CDC cited in dropping its covid-specific policies (ie isolation), opting instead to harmonize its covid guidance with that of other respiratory illness. [/quote]

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