The article says 'covid related pneumonia', and nothing more about his [preexisting] health problems. He was 58.
In the video, the partner says that he had no health problems and that she was the one who had chronic health issues.
One mistake that the media is making at the moment is categorizing the newer forms of the virus as "variants" without explanation. Last year when original strain of the virus was in circulation, the focus was on the elderly and infirm and the death rate. What is forgotten is that the original strain had a replication rate of between 1-2, that is the estimates were that the typical person with COVID-19 would infect 1-2 other people. Delta has a replication rate estimated between 4 and 9, so every person who gets infected is expected to pass the virus to a minimum of 4 people. That means if one member gets the virus, the entire household is expected to get it too. It means that everyone infected with Delta is a "super-spreader".
This sort of dramatized propaganda isn't the least bit helpful as it is lacking so much information. It doesn't appear to be trust worthy, and in fact, seems sleazy simply for the purpose of manipulation.
These stories are quite effective for the group of people who don't quite grasp the relative risk between the vaccines and COVID-19. There's a similar issue with things like the perception of the relative risk of commercial air travel vs a car accident.
Two things to know about Delta variant versus vaccination risk.
Delta variant is so contagious that, if you are unvaccinated and unless you plan on never being around another human being, you will get it. It's that contagious.
In the US, we've administered 400,000,000 doses of the vaccines. During that time, providers have reported 6,490 deaths among people who received the vaccines- this includes ALL deaths, including those from natural causes.
From the statistics that I posted earlier, we have at least 35,741,304 documented cases of COVID-19 in the US. Of those cases, 616,719 have died.
It doesn't take a math genius to figure out which is the riskier path- getting vaccine versus getting COVID-19.
These stories about people who didn't get the vaccine and suffered the consequences are changing behaviors. Vaccination numbers are back up and people are making appointments to get vaccinated. Media coverage and statements from political leaders have changed: they are seeing that, even with 50% of the US population vaccinated, the contagiousness of the Delta variant and the fact that it is affecting children down to the age of newborns, has knocked down the perception that this is going away and that COVID infection is not risky. Why? Because if you are not vaccinated, you
will get Delta variant.
again I told her if that was true it would be in the news. She told me it wasn’t in the news because they were from the neighboring county and moved here from overflow.
