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You can see the flu has caused more deaths in just the U.S., in a mild year, than have died worldwide from CoVid-19 so far.

Yeah, so far.

Get back to us when we can compare apples to apples in a comparable time period and for the same geographic area.

So let's compare US stats with US and the whole year to date for the flu season to this at the end of the same time frame.

It is a comparable time period. Flu season is from Oct. thru May, but Dec. thru April are when most flu cases are contracted. We are currently in our 5th month for this virus if the Nov date of this starting is accurate. So the flu has only had one month on this flu. But I am not comparing the two for any other reason than to quell panic & hysteria.

Just because this virus is a new strain, and even perhaps a bio-engineered one, it belongs to a family named Coronaviridae. So it is not like we do not have similar viruses to compare it to, AIDS being one and SARS being another, which is why it is also called SARS2 CoVid-19. There are really promising signs that we already have drugs within our arsenal that have had reported promising results with this viral strain.

I have yet to see panic & hysteria solve anything, let alone a viral entity. So why is everyone reacting this way? It does nothing to facilitate combating this. But if we allow fear to destroy our economy we will damage a lot more people. To what end is that useful?

50,000 is on the high side for flu.

The average is high thirties, I think.

Not commenting on anything other than the severity.