COVID in Ohio (Columbus, Delaware, Franklin: homes, income, live)

[WRnative]

Cumulative death and hospitalization statistics are reported in this article, including over 40,000 deaths in three years.

<<Yet other data suggests those numbers undercount the real toll by several thousand.

At least 57,540 more Ohioans died from all causes from the start of the pandemic in 2020 through 2022 than had died the previous three years, from 2017 through 2019, according to data from the state health department’s mortality database.>>

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/med...16ac3fe3&ei=83

Note that 2022 COVID deaths in Ohio still exceeded 9,300.

The article also documents that deaths per 100,000 were much lower in counties that had higher vaccination rates and likely greater use of mask mandates.

According to the cleveland.com article:

<<A rural/urban divide shows up in the numbers, with people in smaller counties more likely to have died because of the coronavirus. These same rural counties collectively have a notably lower vaccination rate.

There have been 313.1 deaths per 100,000 residents in the 10 largest counties, where the vaccination rate as a group is 66.6%, including in that share anyone who has received at least one shot.

Among the other 78 counties, there have been 399.6 deaths per 100,000. The vaccination rate for those counties is 55.7%.

Taking it a step further, the death rate in the 10 smallest counties is 495.9 per 100,000, and the vaccination rate is 48.8%....

Delaware County north of Columbus has the highest vaccination rate (80.1%) and the lowest death rate (141.5 per 100,000). It’s the 13th largest county in Ohio.>>

Despite higher population densities, greater use of mass transit, etc., Ohio urban counties had relatively low death rates. Columbus in Franklin County had extensive use of mask mandates.

<<Cuyahoga County ranks third for vaccinations (69.2%) and has the 17th lowest for death rate (326 per 100,000). The state’s largest couinty, Franklin, is second for vaccinations (69.8%) and has the third lowest death rate (213.6 per 100,000).>>

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra...tatracker-home

Unfortunately, the article makes no mention on long COVID, which likely has diminished the health of hundreds of thousands of Ohioans.

[SlideRules99]

The Lancet has just released a comprehensive and objective study on COVID, titled “Assessing COVID-19 pandemic policies and behaviours and their economic and educational trade-offs across US states from Jan 1, 2020, to July 31, 2022: an observational analysis”

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...0/fulltext#gr8

It’s a cherry-picker’s gold mine, and anyone wishing to advance any type of narrative can find something here to support their cause.

Specific to the topic at hand (COVID in Ohio)…

Over the study period, Ohio ranked 8th best on the key measure of “standardized death rates per 100,000 people”. (This metric adjusts for both age and co-morbidities, which are statistically proven to increase death rates of a given population).

Other things that struck me.

Income inequality, race, and education levels were key predictors of a state’s performance as it related to death rates.

Also I found this interesting:

<<Mandate propensity (a summary measure that captures a state's use of physical distancing and mask mandates) was associated with a statistically significant and meaningfully large reduction in the cumulative infection rate, but not the cumulative death rate.>

And this…

<<Our results do not show, on average, a statistically significant association between COVID-19 death rates and the political affiliation of the state governor. The highest elected officials in half of the ten states with the lowest standardised cumulative death rates—Vermont, New Hampshire, Maryland, Ohio, and Nebraska—were Republicans, with the remaining five best-performing states led by Democrats>>

Tons of other tidbits in the study…like I said, a cherry-picker’s gold mine.

Nothing on Long COVID, btw, just infection and death rates.

[jaxrivers]

You forgot to report that all the deaths were in the over age 80 category with next highest, of course, over 70.

There was too much for me to go through and missing MANY facts on that article but were are the statistics of vaccinated covid deaths?

Like the claim that people in Nursing Homes are "still dying of Covid" but nothing reported with a date after 2020 so it's confusing.

[SlideRules99]

I initially replied to jaxrivers but deleted, as I believe his or her post was directed to the original post by WRnative (and not mine).

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by SlideRules99

I initially replied to jaxrivers but deleted, as I believe his or her post was directed to the original post by WRnative (and not mine).

I and others would have enjoyed reading your reply!!! Why delete your reply after you wrote it???


Also, thanks for passing the buck!

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by jaxrivers

You forgot to report that all the deaths were in the over age 80 category with next highest, of course, over 70.

There was too much for me to go through and missing MANY facts on that article but were are the statistics of vaccinated covid deaths?

Like the claim that people in Nursing Homes are "still dying of Covid" but nothing reported with a date after 2020 so it's confusing.

Obviously, you didn't read the linked article.


Here are the Ohio COVID deaths reported by age bracket: 0-19 5,251; 20-29 5,881; 30-39 8,031; 40-49 11,148; 50-59 19,724; 60-69 29,066; 70-79 30,608; 80+ 28,029. So more Ohioans under age 60 (30,611) died from COVID than those 80+.


It's also disgusting that you imply that lives of those over 80, let alone over age 70, are of relatively little value.


Admittedly, we need a much thorough analysis of the impact of COVID on Ohio's society, and economy, but the article provided useful information, though likely not appreciated by anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers (do you belong to one or both groups?). It's obvious at a bare minimum that Ohio's work force has been diminished, many children deprived of providers and mentors, and hundreds if not millions of Ohioans suffering from the lost of family, including children, other loved ones, and friends and associates. Not a problem for you???



Contrary to your apparent implication, the original post establishes a meaningful correlation between county vaccination rates and county death rates. Additionally, there is much scientific research demonstrating how vaccination drastically lowers the risk of death and hospitalization, and likely long COVID.

[rwocmo]

Too soon, WR- I’d rep you if I could.

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by WRnative

Obviously, you didn't read the linked article.


Here are the Ohio COVID deaths reported by age bracket: 0-19 5,251; 20-29 5,881; 30-39 8,031; 40-49 11,148; 50-59 19,724; 60-69 29,066; 70-79 30,608; 80+ 28,029. So more Ohioans under age 60 (30,611) died from COVID than those 80+.


It's also disgusting that you imply that lives of those over 80, let alone over age 70, are of relatively little value.


Admittedly, we need a much thorough analysis of the impact of COVID on Ohio's society, and economy, but the article provided useful information, though likely not appreciated by anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers (do you belong to one or both groups?). It's obvious at a bare minimum that Ohio's work force has been diminished, many children deprived of providers and mentors, and hundreds if not millions of Ohioans suffering from the lost of family, including children, other loved ones, and friends and associates. Not a problem for you???



Contrary to your apparent implication, the original post establishes a meaningful correlation between county vaccination rates and county death rates. Additionally, there is much scientific research demonstrating how vaccination drastically lowers the risk of death and hospitalization, and likely long COVID.

I realized AFTER the 90-minute edit period had expired, that I had analyzed hospitalizations by bracket, rather than deaths by bracket. That's what happens when in a hurry and still half asleep and don't edit a post carefully. SORRY!



So rather than correct post 6, I'll just post what should have been posted in the first place. See post 9. After a busy day, I now have time to correct my error.

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by jaxrivers

You forgot to report that all the deaths were in the over age 80 category with next highest, of course, over 70.

There was too much for me to go through and missing MANY facts on that article but were are the statistics of vaccinated covid deaths?

Like the claim that people in Nursing Homes are "still dying of Covid" but nothing reported with a date after 2020 so it's confusing.

Replacement post for post 6:






Obviously, you didn't read the linked article very carefully.


Here are the Ohio COVID deaths reported by age bracket: 0-19 55; 20-29 145; 30-39 504; 40-49 1,234; 50-59 3,474; 60-69 7,604; 70-79 11,024; 80-89 17,709. So more Ohioans under age 80 died from COVID than those 80+. The 13,016 deaths under age 70 equal 73.5 percent of the deaths among those 80+.



It's also disgusting that you imply that lives of those over 80, let alone over age 70, are of relatively little value.


Admittedly, we need a much thorough analysis of the impact of COVID on Ohio's society, and economy, but the article provided useful information, though likely not appreciated by anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers (do you belong to one or both groups?). It's obvious at a bare minimum that Ohio's work force has been diminished, many children deprived of providers and mentors, and hundreds if not millions of Ohioans suffering from the loss of family, including children, other loved ones, and friends and associates. Not a problem for you???


Contrary to your apparent implication, the original post establishes a meaningful correlation between county vaccination rates and county death rates. Additionally, there is much scientific research demonstrating how vaccination drastically lowers the risk of death and hospitalization, and likely long COVID.

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by rwocmo

Too soon, WR- I’d rep you if I could.

Thanks, but as noted, I did mess up post 6!


I hopefully will revisit this thread to discuss the impact of long COVID, and perhaps a few other impacts of the COVID epidemic on Ohio.