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William Dixon's avatar

It's not only pilots who have had a tough time recently. This was in my mailbox from the AMA (not a member!) this morning:

March 16, 2023

LEADING THE NEWS

Maternal death rates surged by nearly 40% during second year of pandemic, analysis shows

USA Today (3/16, Hassanein) reports, “Maternal death rates surged by nearly 40% during the second year of the pandemic, widening disparities as Black women again faced alarmingly high, disproportionate rates, a new federal analysis shows.” In 2021, there were nearly “33 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births – a 38% increase from the year before, according to the report released Thursday” by the NCHS and CDC. The analysis found that “maternal death rates among all racial groups saw statistically significant increases.”

MedPage Today (3/16, Frieden) says “a total of 1,205 women died of maternal causes in 2021, compared with 861 in 2020 and 754 in 2019, according to the report.” The results also showed that rates “grew higher as maternal age rose.”

Looks like CoVID-19 didn't increase maternal mortality, but something happened in 2021 which did; wish I could pinpoint it!

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Experts are baffled!

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kr's avatar

Always baffled… People suddenly die… Young people, healthy people, athletes… Just drop dead, a curious death, and the experts are always silent

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STH's avatar

Thank GOD my daughter and son in law ignored his mothers pleas for them to get vaccinated. They actually listened to me! ❤️

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SusanMc's avatar

Did Hitler ever acknowledge wrong policies?

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AngelaK's avatar

I saw similar article which blamed it on the fact that nurses were taking care of covid patients and didn't have time for the pregnant women.

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CaplT's avatar

Transparency!

Experts and Narrative Media have usually been careful to lump 2020,2021,2022 together so you can’t see the difference between 2020 (COVID but no jab) and 2021 and 2022 (jabs, less covid).

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