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Exposure to secondhand smoke causes an estimated 41,000 deaths each year among adults in the United States:Secondhand smoke causes 7,333 annual deaths from lung cancer.Secondhand smoke causes 33,951 annual deaths from heart disease.CDC - Fact Sheet - Tobacco-Related Mortality - Smoking & Tobacco UseHere's the complete report:CDC - 50th Anniversary Surgeon General's Report - Smoking & Tobacco Use

Wow.Well Gregory Smith, first off, and please note I’m asking this respectfully, but as you are apparently an Engineer, you do understand the old saying, “garbage in garbage out.” This is ESPECIALLY true for data.(from Style Cracker)So here’s literally the latest numbers for Canada.(from Health Canada)Here are today’s (10–29–2020) death numbers from the UK and the US taken from Google:(from Google)So let’s look at the populations between the countries….(from Worldometer live, populations as of 2020–10–29)COMPARING US AND CANADASo, the US has a population 8.67x the size of Canada. So if we took the same numbers of 10,004 (Canada’s death as of 10–29–2020) and multiply it by 8.67x, we get a number of 87,341.58.Yet US deaths number 229,000 or a death rate 2.62x that of Canada even if our populations were exactly even.Mr. Smith. Garbage in, garbage out. You are an engineer. CORRECT DATA matters and not JINGOISTIC DELUSIONS.COMPARING US AND UKSo, the US has a population of 4.88x that of the entire UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland). So if we took the same numbers of 45,955 (the UK’s death as of 10–29–2020) and multiply it by 4.88x, we get a number of 224,260.4US deaths are STILL higher, though marginally, in proportion. But still, that doesn’t exactly tell the full story.England had admittedly screwed up BIG at the start. They had a very slow reaction to closing things off, even with Italy just next door with a full blown epidemic of their own. Their population is much much more concentrated than the US, and public transport is much higher as a result too (and such more exposure to the virus in tiny little spaces), since the high price of gas nationwide and the London car ownership tax for Londoners especially makes car ownership prohibitively expensive for many. But then when you look at the trends…(from Google, death rates throughout the entire pandemic between the US and UK)Ths US had a brief drop in June 2020, then a HUGE spike, and then steady deaths all the way through. The UK’s death rate is top heavy, with the bulk of it all starting at the very start (as it was with everyone else in the world). And then it trended lower, and lower to almost ZERO FOR MONTHS. It looks like UK’s National Institute of Health (NIH) did a pretty good job when they caught up to the whole mess.Now that the second wave has come, it’s going to rise quickly for both the US and the UK, but the much vantaged mighty private US system you champion, is STILL by far the champion in killing off it’s own citizens among all of the Western countries. And with the death trends of the US, it will very very quickly outstrip the deaths per capita.And the UK is already working on proper measures to fight off COVID’s second wave, so that death rate should drop again. The US is SURGING in cases daily. Records have been broken almost every WEEK.“Garbage in Garbage out.” You are an engineer. You should know better.EDIT: I was questioned a few times about this answer, so I looked deeper into the CDC statistics and numbers. A few glaring things popped up….When taking account of the statistical numbers and what would have been considered to be a normal death rate without COVID-19, the “excess deaths” that is higher than the norm actually EXCEEDS the reported COVID-19 deaths.Virtually all 50 states have entire regions that have not reported their full numbers. As such, all number compiled so far is actually made from INCOMPLETE reports.(from the CDC - excess deaths outside the norm shown in blue)(from the CDC - from the data sets showing regions that have not reported all their numbers, virtually ALL 50 states seems to have such missing reporting)(from the CDC - the actual estimated death numbers from causes that’s unrelated to the norm actually EXCEEDS the current reported death total thus far)All of this can been found at the CDC website at COVID-19 Death Data and Resources

Q. Why is the CDC now reporting that COVID-19 does not spread easily from touching contaminated surfaces?A. COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus disease that is continually being researched and new data is continuously being acquired, which is how science operates.According to a new report [1] from the U.S. CDC, surface exposure is not a particularly effective way for the virus to infect its host.Fomites are objects that have become contaminated with infectious agents and serve in their transmission. Earlier reports [2] assessing coronavirus exposure risks associated with surface contact survival assumed that SARS-CoV-2 remained active outside of a host.A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the coronavirus can live on some surfaces [3] for up to three days and up to three hours while suspended in the air.Without intervention, the novel coronavirus could live on plastered walls and countertops for up to 36 hours. On plastic and stainless steel, this value was closer to 72 hours.The researchers noted that while SARS‐CoV‐2 can be highly stable on certain surfaces, particularly plastic and stainless steel, it responds well to standard disinfection techniques.On milk containers, refrigerators, pots, pans, sinks, and detergent bottles SARS-CoV-2 remained stable for roughly two to three days.Although these early findings welcomed a certain degree of caution, it turns out that the viral load matters a lot more than the mere presence of a virus with respect to successful transmission.It just does not spread easily from surfaces like the CDC and other studies were initially reporting, nor by animal-to-human contact or vice versa. It may be possible for the COVID-19 virus to spread in other ways, but these are not thought to be the main ways the virus spreads.The agency maintains that person to person contact is the most reliable way for the virus to spread. Unfortunately, COVID-19’s incubation period differs from similar respiratory illnesses caused by other coronavirus studied in the past. For a start, carriers are the most contagious while symptoms are still mild or before they even begin (asymptomatic).During this window, infected individuals shed a considerable amount of viral debris often giving the virus to three people before recovery.Contaminated surfaces and objects pose less risk because a single virus is not enough to overwhelm our immune system.Many people were concerned that by simply touching an object they may get coronavirus, and that’s simply not the case. It doesn't live, never did, on surfaces as it isn't alive. Sars-CoV-2 doesn't replicate on surfaces but may exist in droplet forms and in aerosol for awhile. Existence doesn't guarantee transmission, however. 😎[1] Public Health Response to the Initiation and Spread of Pandemic[2] COVID-19 found to be spread through eyes and is 100 times more infectious than SARS[3] Coronavirus can live in the air for hours and on surfaces for days, study finds●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Update: July 22, 2020.In a March 9 to April 30 study, led by Richard J. Lessells, MB ChB, PhD, a South African infectious disease specialist, who was investigating a coronavirus outbreak at a university hospital in Durban, South Africa, concluded that aerosol transmission of Covid-19 was “… repressed by masks and social distancing efforts by both staff and patients.” However, “The virus spread predominantly from hand-to-hand contact and from highly touched fomites, including medical equipment, such as thermometers, blood pressure cuffs and stethoscopes.” The medical staff's neglect to properly sanitize equipment and/or wash their hands between patients added to the route of transmission of the virus. Once the equipment was properly treated, the outbreak disappeared.The researchers noted that “…while SARS‐CoV‐2 can be highly stable on certain surfaces, particularly plastic and stainless steel, it responds well to standard disinfection techniques.” [4][4] Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1 | NEJM. April, 2020.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■10/23/2020 update:Wiping down the groceries for Covid-19 is useless. Sars-CoV2 isn't on the surfaces as precautions were given back in March-April, 2020 warned. Fomite transmission isn't being supported for this pandemic.Still wiping down your grocery store purchases? Coronavirus risk is 'exceedingly small,' experts sayNo need to stock up or disinfect your groceries