H1N1, the swine flu, was less lethal than the seasonal flu. COVID-19 is 10x more lethal than the seasonal flu.
So the comparison is not valid.
Being asymptomatic and easily transmitted also takes things up a notch or two. Given that we’ve sacrificed tens of millions of innocent little ones on altar of sexual freedom over a period of decades, an affliction like this one is the least we should expect.
“H1N1, the swine flu, was less lethal than the seasonal flu. COVID-19 is 10x more lethal than the seasonal flu.”
And yet the swine flu killed the young and healthy. Wuhan corona virus overwhelmingly attacks those with major health issues.
Pure, unadulterated, unprovable b.s. The actual CFR cannot be known, cannot even be estimated, with current data.
Bull crap. Nobody. actually. knows.
Which flu, and what do you mean more lethal? What is the mortality rate in the US for Covid-19 in the light of the estimated infected in the US (not Italy), even with the Wash. nursing home and cruise ship outliers? Asking, not contending.
During the 2017-2018 season, the percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) was at or above the epidemic threshold for 16 consecutive weeks. Nationally, mortality attributed to P&I exceeded 10.0% for four consecutive weeks, peaking at 10.8% during the week ending January 20, 2018, (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2017-2018.htm) with older Americans dying at a rate of 169 Americans a day, or seven people per hour. (https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2018/older-flu-deaths-rising.html
And according to another CDC estimate for 2017-2018 season 80,000 people died of the flu in U.S, the highest death toll in 40 years. (https://www.usnews.com/news/health-care-news/articles/2018-09-27/cdc-80-000-people-died-of-flu-complications-last-season-in-us)
From 12 April 2009 to 10 April 2010, we estimate that approximately 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 hospitalizations (195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (8868-18,306) occurred in the United States due to pH1N1. Eighty-seven percent of deaths occurred in those under 65 years of age with children and working adults having risks of hospitalization and death 4 to 7 times and 8 to 12 times greater, respectively, than estimates of impact due to seasonal influenza covering the years 1976-2001. In our study, adults 65 years of age or older were found to have rates of hospitalization and death that were up to 75% and 81%, respectively, lower than seasonal influenza.