If the “Seasonal” Flu was 1.5 times as deadly, would we shut down the country for it?
If Corona Virus after nearly 3 months of outbreak is not even at “seasonal” flu levels?
SOURCE: https://www.globalresearch.ca/flu-bigger-concern-wuhan-virus-grabs-headlines/5701932
It says:
“The common flu causes up to 5 million cases of severe illness worldwide and kills up to 650,000 people every year, according to the World Health Organization”
Please note the words: EVERY YEAR.
From the same website, it says:
In the US:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that so far this season, there have been at least 15 million flu illnesses for the 2019-2020 season, 140,000 hospitalizations and 8,200 deaths in the U.S. The CDC reports there have been 54 reported flu-related pediatric deaths this season from Influenza B viruses. (The Hill)
NOTE: 8,200 dead in the U.S. <-— And please let me add the word “only” before 8,200 ( not to be cavalier about it, but we are making comparisons ).
In the USA, we have nearly 90,000 DEATHS from Covid-19, even with CDC exaggerations and miscounting, and Dr. Birx’s claim that the overcounts are about 25%, We would have at least 66,000 deaths from Covid-19 compared to 8,200 deaths as per CDC. And this is only for 3 months of the pandemic in the USA !!
So no, we cannot underestimate the lethality of Covid-19 — IT IS MUCH DEADLIER that the flu.
Seasonal flu doesn’t kill tens of thousands of Americans every year. The CDC “estimates” (manipulates) the flu statistics to scare people into getting flu shots. Some of us have tried and tried to explain it here. We’ve given up trying now because everyone (Republicans and Dems alike) just keep repeating the CDC’s fictional flu numbers as fact, without questioning them.
The death toll is over 90,000 after 3.5 months. The average death rate of the annual flu is around 40,000.
Is 90,000 larger than 40,000?
I am not saying the world should shut down for CV, but dude...learn your greater than, less than computations.
Bush league statisticians are amazing.
“If Corona Virus after nearly 3 months of outbreak is not even at “seasonal” flu levels?”
CCP-19 is killing people faster than the Spanish Flu did - here in the US, and nobody should give a rat’s ass about the stats from the rest of the world anymore as it has been proven over and over that most, if not virtually all, countries are cooking the books to downplay the death toll and cover their own asses - right now at this time.
The average deaths per day from the Spanish Flu over its 2-year rampage was fewer than 1,000 (in the US) per day. The daily death toll from CCP-19 (in the US) is well above that even with all the mitigation. Once we open back up, the death rate will jump and if we haven’t hit a quarter million deaths by the end of the year I’ll be surprised. All so a few loud-mouthed self-servatives can get back to scamming people out of their money, not paying their child support, and boinking their mistresses.