[Drago]

Flu mortality was 6.7% last week...2000 died of flu or flu-related pneumonia in a week.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/#S2

[Black Agnes]

That’s a percent of all deaths.

Not a percent of people who contracted the flu.

[21twelve]

I missread a similar chart - that is 6.7% of all deaths were caused by P&I (the flu). Was corrected by a freeper.

Another set of data had 2017-2018 with 90,000 people hospitalized for the flu, and 9,000 dead. So then I thought THAT was the mortality rate (10%)

Same freeper said I still wasn't quite there. Mortality rate is based on ALL cases, not just hospitilazation. They said estimate 10% of the population gets the flu. In the USA that would be about 30 million got the flu. So a mortality rate of 0.3%.

[redgolum]

Interesting, as the CDC numbers for the last few flues (flus? not sure on the plural), had it as 0.67%. Looking at the 1918 rate, it was 2-3%

a 6.7% flu death would be... Dang near civilization ending.

Respectfully, looking at the numbers, I think you forgot to move the decimal. Or the CDC numbers here
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2017-2018.htm

From the last flu season are wrong.