Coronavirus in one state (142)
The Minnesota Department of Health conducted another of its regularly scheduled press briefings yesterday afternoon (the audio is at the bottom). MDH Commissioner Malcolm noted in her opening summary that trends continue to move in the right direction, but she insists that we remain at “high risk” with the epidemic out of control. This is necessary to justify the incredibly destructive shutdown regime imposed by Governor Walz.
At 8:45 of the audio, Malcolm referred to a recent Journal of the American Medical Association’s research letter. Looking it up to check against her remarks, I found the December 16 JAMA letter “All-Cause Excess Mortality and COVID-19–Related Mortality Among US Adults Aged 25-44 Years, March-July 2020.” The letter purports to identify excess deaths among young adults in the specified time period that are attributable to the epidemic (citations omitted in quote below):