Data clearly indicates that COVID-19 is primarily dangerous to the elderly and those with significant pre-existing health issues. Elizabeth Dugan, associate professor of gerontology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, has said even the frail and elderly in the best-run facilities are victims.
According to Kaiser Family Foundation data released last Thursday, at least a third of the COVID-19 deaths were from nursing homes, and 14 states reported more than half the total fatalities attributed to COVID-19 were from elder care homes.
The numbers are incomplete, however, since 18 states have not reported their findings.
And as reported in the Trends Journal, whether in the U.S. or overseas, research has indicated that many of the people whose death certificates cite “COVID-19” as the cause, were, in fact, never tested. This was most apparent with chronically ill, elderly patients from nursing homes who may have died from a number of causes.
This fact goes virtually unreported by the mainstream media and ridiculed by America’s #1 expert/“hero,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, as a conspiracy theory. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises listing COVID-19 as a “presumed” cause of death despite not being confirmed by tests.
It is extremely noteworthy that hospitals get paid more when they list COVID-19 as the cause of death… whether or not it is true. This has been noted in the Trends Journal.
As verified by USA Today, “This higher allocation of funds has been made possible under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act through a Medicare 20% add-on to its regular payment for COVID-19 patients.”
We quoted Dr. Scott Jensen, a state senator from Minnesota, who said, “How can anyone not believe that increasing the number of COVID-19 deaths may create an avenue for states to receive a larger portion of federal dollars.
Already some states are complaining that they are not getting enough of the CARES Act dollars because they are having significantly more proportional COVID-19 deaths.”
- On 20 April, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) confirmed that in addition to the elderly and obese being key factors in those needing hospitalization from COVID-19, some 60 percent had high blood pressure; about one third had diabetes; and other influential factors were high blood pressure, chronic heart problems, kidney diseases, and respiratory illnesses.
- While parks and outdoor recreation centers remain off limits in many countries around the world, research by ecology experts at the University of Connecticut concludes that getting outdoors into the ultraviolet rays from direct sunlight inhibits the coronavirus. Natural sunlight also promotes the synthesis of vitamin D, which has been shown to bolster the immune system.
- Politicians and their medical spokespersons advocating stay-at-home impositions and severe restrictions in public places where people are allowed have still not provided hard data showing social distancing is an effective strategy for inhibiting the spread of coronavirus.