Biden, CDC asked to track fentanyl fatalities much like COVID-19 deaths

An organization dedicated to raising awareness about the lethal effects of fentanyl is urging the Biden administration to track deaths related to the synthetic opioid, giving attention to these fatalities as the White House did with COVID-19.

In particular, the organization is asking Biden administration leaders and related organizations in Washington, D.C. to count fentanyl poisonings and accidental overdose deaths the same way it counted deaths from the coronavirus.

Families Again Fentanyl is based in Ohio — a state hit particularly hard by the opioid crisis — and headed by founder James T. Rauh. The organization routinely communicates with families of victims of the opioid epidemic sweeping America currently and showing no signs of slowing down.

On May 10, a day the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has set aside as National Fentanyl Awareness Day for the first time this year, Rauh sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, making the request, as reported by Fox News.

“As you are aware, the synthetic opioid epidemic continues to devastate communities across the United States,” the letter states. “More than 100,000 Americans died by ‘overdose’ last year, and an estimated 70,000 of those were killed by synthetic opioid poisoning. As thousands more Americans die each month due to fentanyl poisoning, [we] urge action to ensure that detailed, granular, real-time, usable synthetic opioid fatality, non-fatal overdose, and naloxone administration data is readily available.”

The letter continues by requesting that provisional fentanyl fatality data is made available and updated within six weeks of death, criticizing the current six-month delay that allegedly prevents experts from predicting trends and responding appropriately and accurately, similar to the way the current leadership in Washington tracked COVID-19 deaths. It also requests additional data on naloxone, a life-saving medication that reverses the deadly effects of fentanyl and other opioids.

“Our research findings reveal that fentanyl poisoning is a national emergency requiring the same level of monitoring accorded to the coronavirus,” the letter continues. “[Data] should include weekly updates on synthetic opioid fatalities by state, age, and race, consistent with the schedule of reporting of COVID-19 deaths.”

According to the DEA, Mexico and China are the primary sources of the flow of fentanyl into the United States. CDC data shows that fentanyl overdose and poisonings became the leading cause of death for residents between 18 and 45, in 2020 and 2021. Over 79,000 people died from the drug’s lethal effects during that time frame.

Additionally, the United States documented general overdose deaths doubled in 30 states over the past two years, with a recorded 100,000 fatalities between May 2020 and April 2021; 64 percent of those are from synthetic opioids, according to the CDC. Among teenagers, fentanyl fatalities tripled over the last two years, including a very high number of deaths among black teenagers, which increased five-fold.

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5 thoughts on “Biden, CDC asked to track fentanyl fatalities much like COVID-19 deaths

  1. Are y’all INSANE? After the $#!+ show they created over covid, y’all want Bejing Biden and the corrupt CDC getting their grubby hands on another mess created by and for Big Pharma? I don’t think so. What we’ve wanted and needed all along is a bit of common sense and y’all telling the Truth, but you freaks are incapable of both. We’re irreparably past the point of ever getting any accurate data or numbers because you jerks have lied and muddied the waters every chance you got. I hope y’all rot.

  2. The CDC will not be allowed by the Biden Socialist Regime to track fentanyl deaths because they would first have to admit that fentanyl was flowing across our borders like water and that it was being carried on the backs of the Illegal Aliens that they are allowing in to this country by the Thousands. The CDC wouldn’t admit that Covid came from China so why would the admit that fentanyl is coming into this country trough Mexico DIRECT from China???

  3. This is a good idea so long as the definition of a “fentanyl death” is clear and adhered to. See Covid death data for a wildly corrupted data set. Once gathered, make sure that the data does not become corrupted.

  4. Good luck! “WE” still have NO IDEA of how many people ACTUALLY died of Covid, either in the hospital, nursing homes OR @ home! The CDC & NIH did NOTHING but “listen” to Fauci, Birxt, & the “media” who CENSORED Dr.s treatments, & drugs that actually helped “cure” patients infected with Covid.So, “WHO” is killing “us”? Is “it” Soros, BIG pharmaceuticals, the Dems OR “our” government being run by an imbacile & given the “soap box”via ALL “media”? Maybe it’s the “billionaires” who want globalization of EVERYTHING! “WE” are being herded like ANIMALS. Question “IS”…WHY?

  5. Want to track Fentanyl ? Call China . The Chinese and Mexican Cartel are getting rich off of your dead kids . Hay Democrats how are the open boarder’s working out for you ? Joe Biden is the worst President in our history.

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