[Texas Eagle]

Hence the name, Fake News Media.

[laplata]

I’ve never been so disgusted and mad in my life. This and what the Dems continue to do makes me sick. SHTF is coming.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Which proves that the real death numbers are similar to flu deaths..notice no one is dying from heart attacks, strokes, why is that..have heart attacks been cured, same with strokes..or are those deaths being counted as corona deaths..heck I wouldnt be surprised if the lady in SC who was eaten by an alligator yesterday isnt gonna be counted as a corona death

[tired&retired]

It would be interesting to see 2018/2019/2020 total deaths by cause and see if they merely shifted categories to create a story or if there was an actual increase in deaths.

[SaxxonWoods]

I saw somewhere that death totals from all causes are not higher than usual this year.

[ClearCase_guy]

“CDC estimates that influenza was associated with 45 million illnesses, 21 million medical visits, 810,000 hospitalizations, and 61,000 deaths during the 2017–2018 influenza season.”

From this site:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden-averted/2017-2018.htm

So, COVID-19 has killed 33,000 this year (according to the CDC) and the flu killed 61,000 in 2017-2018 (according to the CDC). But I guess the good news is that we trashed the economy and threw 20 million people out of work.

[texanyankee]

So deaths by Covid has surpassed deaths by SUV?

[Maudeen]

Praying for a clean sweep of the corrupt media. . .journalists, commentators, etc. We need to seek Truth from the Lord God Almighty. It’s a shame that most people don’t know that He IS in charge of all things!

[Widget Jr]

Can anyone clearly explain what the point of this article is? Its complaining about worldmeters, CDC lag, and the age distribution all at the same time. As if having a new disease that seriously affects the old and sick is not a big deal.

[DannyTN]

[DannyTN]

They aren't saying the virus isn't deadlier than the flu. They are saying that hospitalizations per population are currently equivalent to the highest flu seasons of the last few years. (2017 was the worst flu season in 40 years).

45 million flu infections in 2017 vs 1 million covid infections in 2020. That difference is what is keeping hospitalizations the same.

Lock downs have kept the hospitalizations down. But the hospitalizations are still growing, so that CDC statement may not continue to hold.

Case fatality rates and Infection fatality rates are still much higher than the flu. But not as many people have been infected with COVID.

"According to an estimate by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were approximately 45 million cases of the flu in the United States during the 2017-2018 influenza season, resulting in an estimated 810,000 flu-associated hospitalizations and an estimated 61,000 flu-associated deaths.Feb 26, 2020"

[chris37]

I don’t believe the CDC, and I don’t believe the media.

Neither of them speaks the truth about anything.

[Vaduz]

The media with numbers are like water and oil.

[JerseyDvl]

Bookmark

[Mase]

For later....

[Mase]

[Wuli]

So I guess the first question is” (a) is the Wordometer numbers more accurate, and (b) if so why?.

The second question starts with suggesting: (a) the Worldometer numbers are not more accurate, and must also answer, (b) why?

And, the third question is: (a) if the answer to the first question is yes, the Worldometer is more accurate, then (b) what is wrong with the CDC and its data collection methods.

Or, in a possible answer to all of the questions, maybe ALL the numbers are only partly from actual death reports, like from surveys of the reported numbers, from which the final number has been extrapolated. Like they are all guesses, not actual counts?

[Luigi Vasellini]

great link to the CDC Covid 19 numbers of deaths