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While CoVid has already killed 1.1 million Americans, the CDC reports that more than 5000 of our friends and neighbors have succumbed to Long CoVid. The fatalities include 1491 persons during 2023 and 3544 from 2020 through 2022.

These CDC statistics implicate CoVid as a continuing, significant public health problem. The Long CoVid proportion of CoVid-related deaths peaked in June 2021 at 1.2% of the total and again in April 2022 at 3.8% of the total. Roughly half of Long CoVid deaths occurred in those 65 years and older but also one in every 4 such deaths occurred in those 54 to 65 years.

The risk of death associated with Long CoVid remains elevated for 6 months following even a mild, acute infection and for 2 or more years following more severe CoVid requiring hospitalization.

How can you prevent this grim outcome? Other studies have shown that Long CoVid as well as acute CoVid is muted in those who have been vaccinated and boosted.

The bad news: the CDC reports that only 8% of children and teens have received the latest CoVid vaccine, that only 19% of adults have gotten it, and that only 38% of those 65 years and older have received this life-saving shot. For continuing protection, you must get the latest vaccine due to CoVid mutations and your own waning immunity that occurs 6 months following a vaccination or infection.

Sadly, all too few have taken advantage of this simple, effective, side-effect-free, but life-saving opportunity due to rampant politicization and social media misinformation. Lack of CoVid vaccination is even now contributing to a decline in the United States life-expectancy, particularly in men and particularly in those states with low vaccination rates and high CoVid deaths. Don’t let that happen to you. Be patriotic and get vaccinated.

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/long-covid-has-caused-thousands-us-deaths-new-cdc-data-2024a100006l

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/covid-helped-cause-the-biggest-drop-in-u-s-life-expectancy-since-wwii

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Long CoVid Is Deadly

Dr. Howard Smith Reports