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re: Coronavirus has now killed more Americans in 1 month than flu killed in entire year
Posted on 4/19/20 at 4:36 pm to musick
Posted on 4/19/20 at 4:36 pm to musick
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The rate of death for people with COVID-19 compared to the flu is also stark. According to the CDC, 35.5 million people likely got the flu last year. That is a death rate of only .1%.
Coronavirus has infected, at least, 742,459 people in the United States. That means it has a death rate of over 5%, which is more than 50 times the flu if its current death rate holds.
That’s not how this works. They assume and estimate the number of flu cases which brings the number down to .1%. The Covid number is simply the positive test/deaths rate. The positive test/deaths rate for this year’s flu is 3.5%.
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