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To: frogjerk
You are right it is 250k to 650k.

 

Did you know the World Health Organization say 5 to 6 million people a year world wide get the seasonal flu. Furthermore, between 250k to 650k actually die from it. Did we shut down the world economy from it?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/02/01/coronavirus-flu-deadlier-more-widespread-than-wuhan-china-virus/4632508002/

 

Did you know in 2018 over 80k people died in the U.S from the the flu? Did we shut down the U.S. Economy from it. Answer: No. The same media barely reported it.

https://www.statnews.com/2018/09/26/cdc-us-flu-deaths-winter/

 

 

10 posted on 09/04/2020 5:47:06 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1
Did you know in 2018 over 80k people died in the U.S from the the flu? Did we shut down the U.S. Economy from it.
Answer: No. The same media barely reported it.

https://www.statnews.com/2018/09/26/cdc-us-flu-deaths-winter/


Did you know that for the 2018 flu season, only 277M people were even confirmed to have caught the flu? About 8% of the US populace, although that ignores repeat infections or double-testing. 277M positive influenza tests. Out of 1.3MM tests, so that means that for every flu case suspected and tested, 79% of them were NOT the flu.
Your "80k" figure is actually FIVE times less: confirmed flu deaths for the season was only about 15,600. (And to tell the truth, even that sounds abnormally high.)

That said, I do agree with your point that this lockdown is completely stupid and needs to go away ASAP.
53 posted on 09/04/2020 6:05:26 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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