re: Very irresponsible statement by cdc official. How is this helpful

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Will you people please stop repeating this lie? Mortality from the flu: 0.002%.

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I think the number is actually 0.2%. Seems like a large percentage of the population has forgotten their 3rd grade math. Maybe this will help -

With the flu 0.2 % or 2000 people in every 1 million that get the flu die. With coronavirus 2.1 % or 21,000 people in every 1 million that get coronavirus die.

With approximately 350 million people in the US, if everyone got the flu 700,000 people would die. If everyone got coronavirus, 7,350,000 people would die