In the CDC ACIP meeting on June 17 to discuss childhood Covid vaccines, a table was presented showing Covid was a leading cause of death in US children as part of a slide deck on the epidemiology of Covid-19 in children and adolescents by Dr. Katherine Fleming-Dutra. The source was a pre-print written by a …
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UPDATE: Faust has responded to some of the criticism of his original analysis. He has acknowledged the “good point” that he used multiple CoD for Covid vs underlying CoD for influenza. This was the key point in my criticism of his claims, however, in his “deeper dive” he still uses the larger number of Covid …
Sources of Pediatric Mortality Data CDC COVID Data Tracker – Demographic Trends: This is based on preliminary surveillance data submitted by states, presumably of deaths among Covid cases. However, but it is a inaccurate. It significantly overcounts pediatric deaths and undercounts adult deaths. Updated daily. Read more about the accuracy issues with the Data Tracker. …
You have probably heard about the recent correction in pediatric death data by the CDC. This is related to issues I have been fighting about with the CDC since May 2021, and there has been a lot of confusion around the topic, so I wanted to provide an explainer. Where are pediatric deaths tracked? The …
What’s Wrong with CDC Data on Pediatric Mortality? Read More »