The claim: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said over 75% of people who died from COVID had at least four comorbidities. Our rating: False ❌
This and Vega's question both provide the context for the next comment, which the social media posts focused on.
"The overwhelming number of deaths, over 75%, occurred in people who had at least four comorbidities," she said. "So really, these are people who were unwell to begin with. And yes, really encouraging news in the context of omicron. This means not only just to get your primary series but to get your booster series." she was referencing actually examined"risk factors" in people who died of COVID-19.
Comorbidity refers to multiple diseases being present at the time of death. Many people who die of COVID-19 also have chronic conditions such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes, but comorbidities also include acute conditions related to COVID-19 itself, such as pneumonia, a senior author of the study and the head of clinical epidemiology in the NIH Clinical Center’s critical care department, said in an email to USA TODAY.
Risk factors, on the other hand, refer to long-term chronic conditions and other factors that can put people more at risk of dying of COVID-19. Risk factors identified in the study included dementia, pulmonary diseases, liver diseases and diabetes, as well as age over 65.Several edits of the original interview obscured the subject of Walensky's comment.
Walensky's introduction of the study and its participants was cut from the version of the ABC video that aired on Jan. 7, according to transcripts
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