Where Are We Now?
Dr. Ashish Jha, the departed White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, in a recent TV interview stated that one hundred Americans die each day from Covid. These people, Dr. Jha noted, are, for the most part, unvaccinated. However, available Covid vaccines prevent death by Covid, and people should feel safe if they’re vaccinated and boosted.
Yet only 17% of vaccinated Americans have received the latest Covid booster. Thus, as the virus mutates, 83% of the vaccine-eligible population is at risk. To date, 1,132,206 Americans have been killed by this virus.
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As of late May 2023, there have been more than 200 mass shootings in the United States so far this year. Also, there have been more than 13,900 deaths caused by these incidents, gun accidents, gun murders, and gun suicides.
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Drug overdose deaths in United States between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022: about 110,000.
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Annual number of automobile-caused deaths in the United States:
2020: 38, 824.
2021: 42,939.
2022: 42, 795.
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It is enlightening to compare the mortality statistics for gun deaths, drug overdoses, and automobile fatalities with the Covid mortality numbers.
Selma Moss-Ward
Margaret Haynes-Lamont
Editors
June 21, 2023
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