Shocking COVID-19 statistic.

haha! I see what you did there!

For those that don't work in hospitals or mortuaries, it's 20 times more likely you will know someone who had a baby in the last 6 months than someone who died from covid-19

For every COVID-19 death recorded since January, TWENTY new babies were added to the American population.

While you are sitting on the edge of your seat tracking what CNN calls "the greatest health crisis America has ever faced"

This little factoid comes from government census data.

For every COVID-19 death recorded since January, TWENTY new babies were added to the American population.

That's 2 with a zero folks.

• For example, the US Census Bureau has not published any COVID death data.
  
• There were no US COVID deaths in January.  The first official COVID death in the US was on Feb 28 although there are some suspected deaths going back to early February.
  
• By the middle of March, there were only 61 COVID deaths, so adding Jan, Feb, and Mar birth statistics to a comparison against a disease that didn't really start having an impact until Apr is falsely fluffing your stats and doubling your birth numbers.
  
• The CDC is pretty forthright about the fact that their COVID stats represent a significant undercount at present.
  
• "Percent of expected deaths is the number of deaths for all causes for this week in 2020 compared to the average number across the same week in 2017–2019. Previous analyses of 2015–2016 provisional data completeness have found that completeness is lower in the first few weeks following the date of death (<25%), and then increases over time such that data are generally at least 75% complete within 8 weeks of when the death occurred"
  
• That is, our death certificate data for April is probably better than 75% complete.  May and June data is significantly incomplete.
  
• So at best, the above "factoid" compares 6 months of presumed births based on 2018 numbers vs. 1 months of nearly complete death certificates and partial data from two more months.
  
• Let's look at our partial April 2020 US COVID death certificates vs April 2018 birth certificates
  
• 55,655 (75+% complete) COVID deaths vs 299,063 (99% complete) US live births
  
• Let's note that the CDC is only counting COVID death codes  ICD–10 code U07.1 and only a small percentage of the  total 294,167 (75+%) complete were actually tested for COVID.  Still, it doesn't take a genius to see a better than 60,000 deaths jump over the months before COVID (232,789 in February, for example, which is typically a deadlier month than April).
  
• So, we don't really  have the numbers yet but a more accurate factoid is more  5 babies for every COVID death in April.  May and June show significant improvement in death rates- I would estimate the past 3 month average at roughly 8 or 9 babies for every COVID death.
  

• I'd discourage reliance on CNN as a source of evidence.  MediaBias/FactCheck advises:
  
• "Overall, we rate CNN left biased based on editorial positions that consistently favors the left, while straight news reporting falls left-center through bias by omission. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to several failed fact checks by TV hosts. However, news reporting on the website tends to be properly sourced with minimal failed fact checks"
  
• Nevertheless, some specific google searches fail to provide an example of some CNN anchor stating "the greatest health crisis America has ever faced"
  
• an actual link might offer more context
  

There's way more testing going on right now

SARS-CoV-2 Serology (COVID-19) Antibody (IgG), Immunoassay - Detection IgG antibodies may indicate exposure to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). It usually takes at least 10 days after symptom onset for IgG to reach detectable levels. An IgG positive result may suggest an immune response to a primary infection with SARS-CoV-2, but the relationship between IgG positivity and immunity to SARS-CoV-2 has not yet been firmly established.

Antibody tests have not been shown to definitively diagnose or exclude SARS-CoV-2 infection. Positive results could also be due to past or present infection with non-SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus strains, such as coronavirus HKU1, NL63, OC43, or 229E. Diagnosis of COVID-19 is made by detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by molecular testing methods, consistent with a patient's clinical findings.

https://testdirectory.questdiagnostics.com/test/test-detail/39504/sars-cov-2-serology-covid-19-antibody-igg-immunoassay?p=r&q=SARS-CoV-2%20Serology%20(COVID-19)%20Antibody%20(IgG),%20Immunoassay&cc=SKB

This test is to be performed only usingrespiratory specimens collected from individualswho are suspected of

https://www.fda.gov/media/136154/download

So the hospitals being swamped by admissions and running low on icu beds is also because asymptomatic people are being tested?

So the hospitals being swamped by admissions and running low on icu beds is also because asymptomatic people are being tested?

While you are sitting on the edge of your seat tracking what CNN calls "the greatest health crisis America has ever faced"

This little factoid comes from government census data.

For every COVID-19 death recorded since January, TWENTY new babies were added to the American population.

That's 2 with a zero folks.