>>8710455 pb
>https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1247287993095897088
The link is to a NYT article. Why is the NYT raising this issue? What is their agenda?
>>8711084 pb
>misinformation about heart attacks/ strokes
What misinformation? Lower # of total deaths is confirmed by the CDC's own figures. The question is what is the cause(s).
Are you saying the NYT is guilty of misinformation? If so, I would agree with that.
>>8711019 pb
>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/21/scores-more-heart-attacks-and-strokes-on-high-pollution-days-figures-show
The study that the Guardian quoted measured emergency-room admissions, not deaths.
This choice of the CRFs used for our calculations made finding baseline rates easier because we searched for emergency hospital admissions rather than admissions plus cause-specific deaths.
http://www.erg.kcl.ac.uk/Research/docs/Personalised-health-impacts-Summary%20for%20Decision%20Makers.pdf
There's a long explanation as to why they chose emergency-room admissions over deaths in the link.
That study was also being used to further the 'climate emergency' narrative that the Guardian loves to peddle and if you actually read the study, you'll see that the data sets were specifically tailored to achieve a certain result.
It also fails to account for seasonal variations, so does not factor the combined effect of heat + pollution.
Relevant since we're now considering a drop in deaths in late winter/early spring, not the middle of the summer.
Does pollution have a positive correlation to deaths due to heart attacks/stroke? It would appear so, but that study you used to justify your argument does not quantify the correlation in any way to sufficiently explain the recent ~20% drop in total deaths in the U.S.
It's like comparing oranges and tangerines.
You also continue to fail to acknowledge the elephant in the room - the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S. - MEDICAL ERROR - causing anywhere from 250,000 to 400,000 deaths PER YEAR.
https://www.physiciansweekly.com/the-third-rail-medical-error-as-a-leading-cause-of-death/
And it is a fact that hospital admissions are way down due to the 'COVID crisis'.
>>8710983 pb
Second the question.