National, global cancer data reveals likely CT cancer rates Editor, February 21, 2024February 20, 2024 Across Connecticut, the incidence of aggressive kinds of cancer seems to be rising. Almost everyone knows someone who was diagnosed, treated for, or died, from aggressive forms of cancer, whether in the lungs, brain, breast, liver, bone, blood, pancreas, etc. In 2020, the state of Connecticut was among a number of states to aggressively promote the Covid-19 shots. Labelled “safe and effective” by public health officials, Covid shots debuted with unprecedented media coverage. Around 75% of CT residents, especially workers in the health and financial sectors, took the jabs — often to keep their jobs. Hard data on cancer incidences after 2020 however, has been difficult to obtain in the Nutmeg state. One medical professional shared information on the CT tumor registry, mentioning a national program called Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER). Yet five years after 2019, the site reads, “Created by statecancerprofiles.gov on 2/14/2024 at 5:21 PM.” No data has been posted after 2019. 2020: a decline in cancer diagnoses A large hurdle in determining cancer prevalence in 2020, is that residents followed health officials’ incessant “stay safe, stay home” advice, avoiding their primary care physician for even routine checkups. In addition, hundreds of thousands of 2020 death certificates listed cause of death as, “with Covid 19” or “from Covid 19”, making it very difficult to discern if Sars-Cov-2 was, in fact, the actual cause. In April 2022, the CDC published Provisional Mortality data from 2021, indicating approximately 605,000 nationwide deaths from cancer; but it’s unclear how many of those were in Connecticut. Changes in reporting may overlook crucial data Excerpt: “In 2017, Connecticut petitioned the US Census to replace its 8 counties with Connecticut’s 9 planning regions. Counties ceased to function as governmental and administrative entities in the state in 1960. Adopting planning regions as county-equivalents by the Census Bureau means that all Census data products for collecting, tabulating, and distributing statistical information will align with the planning regions used in state governance. The Census Bureau approved Connecticut’s request in June 2022, and has already implemented the change. The upcoming release of 2022 population estimates uses the county-equivalent planning regions (CEPRs). (emphasis added). “The Census Bureau will be releasing the 2022+ population estimates using CEPR only; county-based population estimates will not be available. DPH surveillance metrics and reports that include counties, will need to adopt planning regions from 2022. This will include the reporting of cancer incidence and mortality rates. For diagnosis (or death) year 2022 onwards, cancer rates by county will not be available; rates will be reported for CEPRs instead.” More on the CT DPH Tumor Registry. Global data offers clues While the state’s cancer data may be sorely lacking for reports, hard science from around the globe offers a stunning look at what Connecticut is likely facing, regarding both ‘turbo cancer’ prevalence, and excess deaths. The American Cancer Society has produced a graph signalling “11% excess deaths” In the UK, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) concluded that “Since the commencement of COVID-19 vaccines, there has been an unprecedented rise in the deaths of young people between 2021 and 2022 from rapidly metastasizing and terminal cancers…” Analyst Edward Dowd and scientific researchers produced a 45-page report, which accounted for a host of factors, included the number of shots received. The results were called a “highly statistically significant” (aka extreme) event. The study’s results in the rate of cancer deaths above the historic norm in 2022 for ages 15-44 in the U.K. included: A 28% rise in fatal breast cancer rates in women. An 80% increase in pancreatic cancer deaths among women and a 60% increase among men. A 55% increase among men in colon cancer deaths and a 41% increase in women. A 120% increase in fatal melanomas among men and a 35% increase in women. A 35% increase in brain cancer deaths among men and a 12% rise in women. A 60% increase in cancer death rates among men in cancers “without site specification” and a 55% increase among women. Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading... Health in CT
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