Mortality in COVID-19 vs other viruses (UK). Mortality in ICU patients with COVID-19 (n=690) as compared to pneumonia caused by other viruses. ‘Resp’ = non-invasive support. DATASOURCE: ICNARC. WIDGET: factgraphs.org
Category: Health
Caesarian rates
Caesarian section rates (% of births). Caesarian section rates worldwide (2008/2010/2011). DATASOURCE: World Health Organization. WIDGET: factgraphs.org
COVID-19 in meatpacking plants
Health care / economic justice
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According to the Economic Policy Institute, rising rates of unemployment during the pandemic have hurt Black Americans more than any other group. This is a health equity problem because, as the Kaiser Family Foundation reports, 49% of people receive health insurance through their work. Unemployment means a loss of health insurance coverage, which is now the case for 18% of Americans.
Nationalizing Medicaid
Anthony Fauci
Excerpt
“Young people are saying to themselves: ‘Wait a minute. I’m young, I’m healthy. The chances of my getting seriously ill are very low. And in fact, it is about a 20 to 40 percent likelihood that I won’t have any symptoms at all. So why should I bother?’ What they’re missing is something fundamental: By getting infected themselves — even if they never get a symptom — they are part of the propagation of a pandemic. They are fueling the pandemic. We have to keep hammering that home, because, as much as they do that, they’re completely relinquishing their societal responsibility.”