Dr. Anthony Fauci responds after Pres. Trump said he 'inherited' Fauci and disagrees with “a lot” of what he says. 'I think when you get statements like that, that doesn’t really reflect what goes on,' he tells GMA. 'We’re all on the same team.'
Antibody testing can determine if a person’s blood shows signs of COVID-19 exposure.Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images, FILE
death toll is not as serious as it sounds, health experts say. In response, Dr. Anthony Fauci and other medical authorities say unequivocally that at least 180,000 Americans have died because of this virus."Let there not be any confusion," Fauci said after Presidentretweeted an article that inaccurately suggested the real number of COVID-19 deaths is 9,000."It's not 9,000 deaths from COVID-19. It's 180,000-plus deaths," Fauci told Good Morning America.
The report, which was published Aug. 26 and is part of the CDC's standard weekly data update to the public, looks at death certificates and noted thatBut some have misinterpreted this figure in two ways, by suggesting that only 6% of COVID-19 deaths are from COVID-19, and that only people with preexisting conditions are at risk of serious illness. Neither of these interpretations is correct, say experts.
The NCHS defines"underlying cause of death" as"the condition that began the chain of events that ultimately led to the person’s death."
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