Deaths from COVID are at an all-time low, but that rate is still high enough that people should consider it a major health threat, experts warn.
. But that rate is still high enough that people should consider it a major health threat, particularly if they have other health issues that make them more at risk, experts say.
“There are still people who are getting wicked sick,” Libby Hohmann, MD, who treats infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, told theShe said being generally in good health or being vaccinated isn’t enough for someone to consider themselves risk-free, noting that she’d recently treated two very different COVID patients who were both near death.
“For most of us, it’s kind of a yawn now, but … you see these people, COVID pushes them over the cliff,” Hohmann said. Although the CDC hasn’t yet finalized data on the leading cause of death for 2022, all indications are that COVID will again place third behind cancer and heart disease. The think tank Kaiser Family Foundationshowed that heart disease killed nearly 700,000 people, cancer killed 605,000, and COVID-19 killed nearly 417,000. In fourth place for cause of death was accidents, at 225,000 deaths.
The CDC still recommends COVID-19 vaccination and boosters as a leading way to protect yourself from severe disease. According to the CDC’s latest, people should discuss their risk level with their medical provider and make a personal plan. Safety measures could include wearing a mask in public, prioritizing spending time outside or in places with good ventilation, and monitoring COVID-19 levels in your local community.
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