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  • Second year of pandemic deadlier for middle aged than the first, analysis finds

    Ian Ludden, graduate student; Janet A. Jokela, interim executive associate dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine; Sheldon H. Jacobson, professor of computer science.

    The first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic were each deadlier than the previous five years, even with COVID-19 deaths removed. But which age groups were hit hardest was different from the first year to the second, an Illinois study found. Pictured, from left: Ian Ludden, graduate student; Janet A. Jokela, interim executive associate dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine; Sheldon H. Jacobson, professor of computer science.  

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  • Editor’s notes: To contact Sheldon H. Jacobson, call 217-244-7275; email shj@illinois.edu. To contact Janet Jokela, email: jokela@illinois.edu.

    The paper “Excess deaths by sex and age group in the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States” is available online. DOI:10.1007/s10729-022-09606-3