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What's happening to the trend of people dying from the regular flu right now?
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:23 pm
I've been wondering this for a few weeks now. Is this virus cutting into the action of regular flu's normal death toll per day?
IOW, is it likely that a lot of people dying from this virus would have died from the regular flu, but instead, happened to get COVID-19 instead of the other?
IOW, is it likely that a lot of people dying from this virus would have died from the regular flu, but instead, happened to get COVID-19 instead of the other?
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Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:27 pm to stuntman
I don't know. The social distancing might be helping cut the flu numbers down
This virus seems to target the elderly in particular where as I haven't really seen the death pool from the seasonal flu
I'd say it's probably not having much effect other than hopefully isolating people from transmitting the flu as well
This virus seems to target the elderly in particular where as I haven't really seen the death pool from the seasonal flu
I'd say it's probably not having much effect other than hopefully isolating people from transmitting the flu as well
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:28 pm to Powerman
Yeah, I know it's got to be a tricky number to try to find.
There are much smarter people than me in here, so I just thought I'd throw it out there.
There are much smarter people than me in here, so I just thought I'd throw it out there.
This post was edited on 3/27/20 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:29 pm to stuntman
Some poor saps are probably dying from both. Get one, go to the doctor, doctor's office infects you. now you got both...you go to the hospital get put on a vent and die as those don't help with this virus.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:29 pm to Powerman
I consult at a 100 bed nursing home that has 97 occupied beds today. This flu season we’ve had one positive so far and that’s it. In 2017 we had way more than 50% of them with flu. Don’t remember any deaths from it that year.
This post was edited on 3/27/20 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:32 pm to tiger91
That's the kind of stuff I'm looking for.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:36 pm to stuntman
We do have two bring tested for covid. They had fever so I think (I’m working from home so don’t really know for sure) that the new policy is fever with a symptom they get a flu swab. If negative then it’s tested for covid. Praying they’re negative
One I think is likely aspiration pneumonia and the other has a productive cough with yellow funk so it doesn’t fit the covid dry cough n I could be way wrong.
Time will tell.
One I think is likely aspiration pneumonia and the other has a productive cough with yellow funk so it doesn’t fit the covid dry cough n I could be way wrong.
Time will tell.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:37 pm to stuntman
Per most states protocols you have to rule out flu as part of the screening process for COVID.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:48 pm to stuntman
I think a real question is what is the difference in P&I (pneumonia and influenza) vs PIC (pneumonia + influenza + COVID-19).
The CDC only keeps up with the former year to year. How does that number change as a result of Coronavirus?
The difference will tell us what the true effect of this outbreak was.
The CDC only keeps up with the former year to year. How does that number change as a result of Coronavirus?
The difference will tell us what the true effect of this outbreak was.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:55 pm to stuntman
When all is said and done, we need to look at the “excess” deaths for this time period - those deaths over and above the typical number.
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