No, the coronavirus is not the leading cause of death in the US, CDC says

"There are no data to support that theory," Jeff Lancashire, a spokesperson for the National Center for Health Statistics, said in an email on Friday.US coronavirus deaths pass 14,000, but future projections are better than expectedFalse claims declaring that coronavirus has become the leading cause of death in the US have swirled as the US leads the world in coronavirus cases.

In other words -- the claims involve comparing reported deaths from Covid-19 to estimated deaths for leading causes of deaths, which include heart disease and cancer. Read More"We have limited data on 2020 deaths by cause, and no final official numbers yet for 2019, but we do know by looking at the final death totals in 2018 for the two leading causes of death in the U.S.

Interesting. I like facts

It could have been worse and it may be in the future... Trump and tribe knew far in advance and didn't do a thing ... JMO ...

Yeah, no shit, it’s NOT EVEN CLOSE! Fuck outta here with this nonsense!

It might not be the leading cause of death, but large number of people have died becoz of this virus. On a regular basis people do die of different diseases, some accidents, suicides, heartattacks and all. If handled well, by gov. And civilians, we all can win.

The coronovirus 10 times less stroke: 'between January and April in 2018, more than 234,000 people in the United States died of heart disease and nearly 199,000 died of cancer. So far during the coronavirus pandemic, there have been about 16,700 Covid-19 deaths '

Leading Causes of Death Heart disease: 647,457. Cancer: 599,108. Accidents (unintentional injuries): 169,936. Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 160,201. Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 146,383. Alzheimer's disease: 121,404. Diabetes: 83,564. Influenza and pneumonia: 55,672

Y'all downplayed the initial numbers, then fear mongered and sensationalized the whole story! fakenews

Not yet!!!

What rabbis are they talking about!

That is not new news

Just a reminder to everyone to stop politicizing the coronavirus. I want my liberal friends to stop thinking I’m a Trump supporter when I’m hopeful about success with Hydroxycloroquine and other treatment options. Can we try to find a way to stop people dying without politics?

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