1.0KFF Health Newshttps://kffhealthnews.orgkhnlaurenohttps://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/khnlaureno/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="57qpxykA8d"><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/mortality-statistics-tell-heartbreaking-story-of-those-who-didnt-need-to-die/">Mortality Statistics Tell Heartbreaking Story Of Those Who Didn’t Need To Die</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/mortality-statistics-tell-heartbreaking-story-of-those-who-didnt-need-to-die/embed/#?secret=57qpxykA8d" width="600" height="338" title="“Mortality Statistics Tell Heartbreaking Story Of Those Who Didn’t Need To Die” — KFF Health News" data-secret="57qpxykA8d" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> It's a fact of life that people die every day. But during the pandemic, the United States did a particularly poor job of preventing "excess" people from dying, updated CDC statistics show. As one expert noted, "Other countries got hit by the same virus, but no country has experienced the number of deaths we have, and even if you adjust for population, we are among the highest in the world.”