Yesterday:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
Time to toss those weird Fauci candles in the ash heap of history.
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4:12 PM · Jun 16, 2023

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19
Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

…Estimates of excess deaths can provide information about the burden of mortality potentially related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including deaths that are directly or indirectly attributed to COVID-19. Excess deaths are typically defined as the difference between the observed numbers of deaths in specific time periods and expected numbers of deaths in the same time periods. This visualization provides weekly estimates of excess deaths by the jurisdiction in which the death occurred. Weekly counts of deaths are compared with historical trends to determine whether the number of deaths is significantly higher than expected.

Counts of deaths from all causes of death, including COVID-19, are presented. As some deaths due to COVID-19 may be assigned to other causes of deaths (for example, if COVID-19 was not diagnosed or not mentioned on the death certificate), tracking all-cause mortality can provide information about whether an excess number of deaths is observed, even when COVID-19 mortality may be undercounted. Additionally, deaths from all causes excluding COVID-19 were also estimated. Comparing these two sets of estimates — excess deaths with and without COVID-19 — can provide insight about how many excess deaths are identified as due to COVID-19, and how many excess deaths are reported as due to other causes of death. These deaths could represent misclassified COVID-19 deaths, or potentially could be indirectly related to the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., deaths from other causes occurring in the context of health care shortages or overburdened health care systems)…

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Over a million Americans died.

Some of the responses to Eric Schmitt (r):

You, sir, are a bloviating bag of gas. You hinder progress and public safety at every opportunity. You & the senior senator from Missouri an embarrassment.

Total fraud Eric Schmitt believes in the Republican First Commandment: Trump is the Lord thy God and Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me.

The guy who has spent his entire career fighting infectious disease for the betterment of mankind, that Fauci?

You’re a fraud

Thank you Dr Fauci. No covid or long covid for me. Just got another booster. Ignore attacks on retired octogenarians by folks who think Trump is a role model. When you are.

Politicians who only appear on Fox and Newsmax are publicly announcing that they have nothing worth listening to, but are so anxious for publicity that they will recite the gospel of tRump to the other losers. Quit practicing medicine without a license.

Eric’s epidemiology and virology degrees were from tRump University. I know who I’ll listen to……

Unbecoming of a US Senator

Thank God we had Fauci.

Not what the majority of what Missouri is saying. After surviving covid, they’re saying they wished they would have listened to doctors instead of politicians.

Just say you couldn’t be bothered to wear a mask to protect others and we’ll understand.

Thank goodness for Dr Fauci!! His medical advice saved countless lives.

Where’s your scientific proof to back up your claims? All you have is conjecture and misinformation. You are nothing but a bully and a coward. So unless you have solid scientific proof sit down and be quiet.

Meanwhile Missouri Red and rural vax resistance had 4600 more deaths than births for 1st times ever in 2020 & 2021 including the 1918 pandemic, one of only 25 states to avoid science with such dramatic results. Republicans strike again.

Fascism – Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

Are you the douche that sent his kids to a private mask mandate school and fought public schools to drop theirs? What a hypocrite.

What the fuck is newsmax?

Dr. Fauci is a renowned doctor and super star in the infectious disease area. He has been cited across all scientific journals and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bush. You on the other hand are a total fraud and embarrassment to the State of Missouri.

I wonder what history will say about you? Your career will be nothing compared to Dr Fauci’s. His contribution to AIDS research and work during the pandemic make him a true gift to America. You, on the other hand, will have no real accomplishments.

To what end do you spout such mindless drivel?
Fauci likely saved tens of thousands of lives.

Unbelievable that you’re still on this. He’s smarter than you. Just get over it.

Does the Republican Party go out of its way to nominate the stupidest people possible for high office?

They always have a pool of possible candidates for office.