[vanity] This year the flu is not the flu, bro

CDC: FluView Interactive ^ | April 12, 2020 | self

[NobleFree]

In the previous three years, the number of confirmed flu cases 8 weeks after the peak was 18%, 17%, and 7.4% of the peak value.

This year, with stay-at-home and social distancing, the figure is 0.85%.

[NobleFree]

The point being that comparing COVID-19 numbers to previous years' flu numbers is apples to oranges.

[goodnesswins]

Looks to me like nearly EVERTHING is called CV19

[Ann Archy]

SOOOOOOOO...we are going to shut down the country EVERY YEAR??? I don’t think so.

[NobleFree]

Looks to me like nearly EVERTHING is called CV19

Where do you see that?

[Hot Tabasco]

CDC statistics: Oct. 2017 - May 2018 epidemic resulted in 48.8 million cases, 959,134 hospitalizations and 79,416 deaths.........

We gettin' close yet????? Damn, let's speed this crap up!

[NobleFree]

SOOOOOOOO...we are going to shut down the country EVERY YEAR???

Did I say that? The point being that comparing COVID-19 numbers to previous years' flu numbers (as many do here and elsewhere in conservative media) is apples to oranges.

[NobleFree]

CDC statistics: Oct. 2017 - May 2018 epidemic resulted in 48.8 million cases, 959,134 hospitalizations and 79,416 deaths.........

Link? Point?

[dhs12345]

Yet like the flu covid will resurface again and maybe several times. Do we scurry off to our basements for two months each time?.... bro

[dhs12345]

Apparently the covid-bros and covid-bras think that we should shut down the country every time until we are all destitute.

[Enlightened1]

1) Coronavirus is highly contagious. The a Flu is highly contagious.

2). Coronavirus is airborne. The Flu is airborne

3). Coronavirus is a virus. The a Flu is a virus.

The a Flu infects 5.6 to 6 million people world wide every year. It kills anywhere from 250k to 600k a year.

In 2018 alone according to the CDC the Flu killed over 80k people. Did we hear a peep about it? Did we shut down the economy from it? Answer : No

We were first told the Coronavirus would kill 12 million, then 6 million, then 1 to 2 million, the. 500k p, then 100 to 200k, then 80k and now 60k. We went from 2 million to 60k in 10 days. Which is less than the 30 day incubation period. The point is they don’t know what they are talking about.

Now parroting what you hear on the Sunday morning fake news B.S. shows in the left wing media does not make you come across as intelligent.

Just saying....

[Yo-Yo]

The CDC raw spreadsheet data can be found here.

If you take the first week in December as the start of the flu season (2019 week 49), As of March 28th (2020 week 13) there have been 68,254 deaths due to influenza and pneumonia.

[McGruff]

[Kalija]

The hedge being that the theory of measurement is still just a theory. The kitty shows everyone is all in time for the flop. Herd immunity theme song: You Gotta Keep ‘Em Separated.

[NobleFree]

parroting what you hear on the Sunday morning fake news B.S. shows

Re-read for comprehension - I cited and linked directly to CDC flu statistics.

[NobleFree]

Thanks for the additional data - none of which contradicts the data I posted.

[NobleFree]

Did I say or imply that?

Did you read anything but the word "bro"?

[NobleFree]

The kitty shows everyone is all in time for the flop.

Is that a quote from Joe Biden? ;)

[4Liberty]

[Kalija]

This is: This line is spoken by Navin R. Johnson, played by Steve Martin, in the film The Jerk, directed by Carl Reiner (1979). The Jerk could also be called The Idiot. ... So The Jerk begins with him, homeless and dirty, telling his story, which begins, “I was born a poor black child.”