TGIF! I’m going to take the bulk of my day today away from work. I’m hoping to spend the afternoon with my wife, running errands and then catching dinner somewhere. Before I step away, an interesting article on increased cancer deaths between 2021 and 2022 caught my attention. In doing a bit of research, an article by the same authors on cancer deaths in the U.K. (United Kingdom) across the same period created a ponderous pause for me.
I’ve been watching social and economic trends since the pandemic started. Suffice to say, any pandemic response regardless of magnitude, would have life altering consequences for society. The U.S. response, which I touched on in a post last week, had some significant impacts on education and child development, on deficit spending ($8 plus trillion in debt added to the economy with more trailing), and on public health and issues ranging from infection control to vaccine efficacy and now, vaccine hesitancy. Last week’s post is here: https://rhislop3.com/2024/03/17/15-days-to-slow-the-spread-remembered/
Wanting to leave followers with a bit of weekend reading, I have included the articles I referenced in the first paragraph regarding the large increase in neoplasm (cancers) that has occurred across 2021 and 2022 – U.S. and U.K. The authors don’t posit a cause, but they do raise issues that may be related and worthy of future exploration. The U.S. data comes via the CDC. From the U.S. study abstract,
The results indicate that from 2021 a novel phenomenon
leading to increased neoplasm deaths appears to be present in individuals aged 15 to 44 in the
US. The greater rise in deaths due to neoplasms in multiple causes compared to underlying
cause indicates that some deaths from neoplasms are being brought forward by other causes.
The rise in cancer-death rates as underlying cause might be the result of an unexpected rise in
the incidence of rapidly growing fatal cancers and/or a reduction in survival in existing cancer
cases. Further stratification is underway, for example by age and cancer type to understand
these trends and their relationship to pandemic related factors such as access to or utilization
of cancer screening and treatment, changes in health-related behaviors such as exercise or
smoking, exposure to COVID-19 disease or COVID-19 vaccines.
The U.S. study/article is available here: USTrendsforneoplasms_v11_preprint
The U.K. study/article is available here: Report V-Damage Analysis – Malignant Cancers 15-44 – V2
For those wishing a synopsis in a video format, a link to an explanation from the Epoch Times is here: https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/facts-matter
A longer version of the Epoch Times explanation is here: https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/extreme-events-us-cancer-deaths-spiked-in-2021-and-2022-according-to-cdc-data-facts-matter-exclusive-5612119?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&src_src=morningbriefnoe&utm_campaign=mb-2024-03-22&src_cmp=mb-2024-03-22&utm_medium=email&utm_content=inactive&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYPAjdB0YmuHP4bIHsitaBLl2xc61jWKuYnOGqRSXrzDH
TGIF and enjoy the weekend! I know, I will.