The Hill (4/1, Deese) reports coronavirus is currently the third leading cause of death in the US, according to an analysis of CDC data conducted by Dr. Maria Danilychev of San Diego. The article says that deaths from coronavirus have surpassed those from Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, and chronic lung disease “with 748 deaths per day and rising.” The article adds that the two leading causes of death in the US, heart disease and cancer, are responsible for 1,774 deaths per day and 1,641 deaths per day, respectively.
Coronavirus Cases Reportedly Increasing Among Healthcare Workers In The US. NBC News (4/1, Przybyla, Fitzpatrick) reports there is a growing number of coronavirus cases among healthcare workers in the US as experts predict that the total number of coronavirus cases will continue to rise for weeks. While differences in testing and tracking among states make it difficult to ascertain the precise rate, Minnesota and Ohio are both “reporting that up to 20 percent of those infected are health care professionals, a number in line with Italy and other hard hit regions of the world.” Dr. Mindy Oshrain, a psychiatrist in North Carolina, “told NBC News that some doctors and nurses are traumatized because they have no control over their personal safety. Some have taken to calling the day-to-day anticipatory worry over working conditions ‘pre-TSD’ – pre-traumatic stress disorder.”
Related Links:
— “Analysis: Coronavirus now third-leading cause of death in US, “Kaelan Deese, The Hill, April 1, 2020