2020-04-14
Over the weekend reports went viral, suggesting that COVID-19 has already become the leading cause of death nationwide. However, data supporting such claims is very thin and it might be misleading.
It made headlines both in the US and in other countries. No wonder, since a new leading cause of death has to be big news, especially during a pandemic that doesn't seem to be peaking just yet. It seems, unfortunately, that it's lazy journalism on behalf of some media outlets spreading the claim, as even its originators didn't suggest heart diseases and cancer take fewer lives.
