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In reply to the discussion: Got a guy telling me Higher Death rate in 34 states in 2018 flu than in Corona Virus [View all]DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)1. That flu epidemic killed between
60,000 to 80,000 people in the US according to the CDC.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/health/flu-deaths-2017--2018-cdc-bn/index.html
It's possible in some more lightly populated states, it could have produced more deaths than covid19 to date.
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Got a guy telling me Higher Death rate in 34 states in 2018 flu than in Corona Virus [View all]
Captain Zero
May 2020
OP
Exactly, 3,448 to 15,620 is the accurate annual flu count range. See this OP:
Alex4Martinez
May 2020
#34
Not just apples to oranges, it's 8 month flu season vs just a couple months covid season so far
Cicada
May 2020
#6
We have about as much data as we're going to have for flu in 2018, including estimates
struggle4progress
May 2020
#3
I am not sure, I would have to research it, not that that would give a sure answer
Meowmee
May 2020
#18
I think the dr who wrote the piece said the actual flu deaths counted were around 7 thousand
womanofthehills
May 2020
#20
In a typical year, the average under 50 flu deaths are about 1.2 per 100,000
muriel_volestrangler
May 2020
#9
Why all of the sudden we have to debunk a bunch of crap posted on facebook or told by some relative?
LisaL
May 2020
#27