Which is misleading. Compounded with the fact that *apparently* (and we don’t know this for sure because, suspiciously, the CDC isn’t telling) ALL pneumonia deaths are attributed to flu. I personally have had pneumonia FIVE times. All five of those were from simple head colds. No fever higher than 99.9 with any of them. Duration of 3-5 days. Miserable but not at deaths door. Got well for a day or so then woke up with fever of 104 and gurgling when I breathed. Hardly the flu. But I betcha I was included in a pneumonia == flu stat somewhere.
Just because *some* vaccines work and are a great idea, doesn’t mean *others* aren’t essentially useless and expensive scams.
The handwashing and revolving door between the CDC, FDA and big pharma is even worse if you can believe it than that between the regulatory agencies and wall street. We know how dirty wall street is (coff corzine coff madoff). I’m mystified at the resistance to accepting that FDA/CDC might be just as dirty and corrupt.
People, especially the elderly, can get pneumonia from a variety of causes. Even bedrest. Not just the flu. There are over 200 viruses that can cause ‘flu like’ symptoms. Unless they test, specifically, for that while the infection is present it’s anybody’s guess what caused that particular case of pneumonia.
I have probably had the flu 12 times, it never left me with pneumonia. I have had pneumonia once, it did not start as a head cold or the flu. I had jury duty and I remember people all around me were coughing, deep coughs. In about 5 days I was sicker than I have ever been in my life. My husband was out of town so I took a taxi to the doctors office and back. For me that is sick! The antibiotics worked quickly so I didn’t have to be hospitalized but the doctor was checking on me daily.
So you are upset about the record keeping?