“Asian Flu 1957 CDC estimate=116000 Population=171984130 OMR=0.067%
Hong Kong Flu 1968 CDC estimate=100000 Population=205805755 OMR=0.049%
As of the last report CDC estimate=60057 Population=333456000 OMR=0.018%”
1) The Covid19 death toll in the US is increasing, while deaths from the other flu seasons you mention 52 and 63 years ago are not increasing any more.
2) We obviously took drastic actions 6 weeks ago to control the spread of the virus. Unless you think those actions were useless, the death toll would be higher if not for the actions.
Please recalculate the OMR for us in 2 weeks.
Sweden demonstrates the false nature of your if we didn’t do anything it would be worse argument
Not a shred of evidence to support your statement
This is why I estimated OMR for this year SO FAR (and made that clear).
Influenza this season so far CDC estimate=62000 Population=333456000 OMR=0.019%
We've passed the peak. The original point of the shutdown was to avoid overwhelming the health system. That's not going to happen, so that eliminates the reason for the shutdown.
As it stands, more people are going to die from depression from losing their jobs, businesses, and retirement funds, than will die from the flu.