Thursday 11 June 2020

Include Influenza A and B in Those Killer Flu Stats

I know older people terrified to go out on the street or to even sit close to a friend for a conversation.  They're afraid of COVID-19.   Part of the cure is to add back in the ignored deaths, the tens of thousands of mostly old people dying every winter from plain old garden variety killer flu.

CDC estimates for last year are 35.5 million got sick.
490,000 were hospitalized.
34,200 were killed by the flu.
The flu season is about five months long.
Roughing in the numbers, over 3000 on the average day were put into hospital and 200 were dropping dead every day.  And this, Gd help us, isn't even considered news!

In the chart below, COVID19 is included, accounting for the unexpected third peak this year.


CDC stats for all types of flu this winter
and previous years.

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