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For those who minimize the seriousness of COVID: A thread with some astonishing figures. There is no disease like it in 100 years.

1. From today’s @nytimes @jshkatz @sangerkatz.
EXCESS DEATHS in 2 months compared to prior years: Off the charts. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
2. From @jburnmurdoch @FinancialTimes

EXCESS DEATHS in almost every country studied. Note how off the wall these numbers are compared to previous years. This is extraordinary: I have never seen anything like this.

cc: @ASlavitt @ScottGottliebMD @EricTopol
3. From @nytimes @jwf825 @atmccann @jshkatz @ElianPeltier nytimes.com/interactive/20…

EXCESS DEATHS in almost every country studied: off the charts compared to previous years. Mind boggling. Extraordinary.
4. COVID has become #1 cause of death in the United States. Weekly deaths due to COVID are higher than heart disease. Higher than ALL cancers put together. @Liv_Rain3 @TylerSonnemaker @businessinsider google.com/amp/s/www.busi…
5. Here is the first figure that provided a glimpse of how devastating COVID is. Notice how excess deaths in NY are far higher than even due to 9/11. @jshkatz @sangerkatz
6. It’s not a choice between COVID vs Economy. False choice.

It’s not a choice between Sweden vs S. Korea. We knows who’s doing well and who’s not.

It’s not a choice between young vs older people. Young people are at serious risk.

We have to follow the data and the science.
7. Open the economy when we have adequate testing, adequate contact tracing, adequate PPE for healthcare workers, AND when new cases start to steadily drop. Not prematurely like GA, TN etc.

Continue social distancing
Continue universal masking
#Masks4all @jeremyphoward
8. If we are patient, we will have far less loss of life. We are making progress:

-We are starting to flatten the curve
-We have better tests
-Drugs to treat severe COVID: promising results with tocilizumab yesterday.
-Many many vaccines being developed at breakneck speed.
Here are data from 7 other states: Absolutely the same message: COVID is like nothing else. Huge excess mortality compared to previous years. @jshkatz @sangerkatz @UpshotNYT @nytimes nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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