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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]SunSeeker
(51,545 posts)10. The flu death numbers are wrong in that article.
For example, it says for Aransas:
Arkansas 2018 flu deaths: 670 coronavirus deaths: 117
But the flu deaths for the flu season starting in 2018 was only 120, not 670:
In the 2017-2018 flu season, for example, the flu shot did not work well. About 230 people perished to the virus in the state. The following year, the 2018-2019 season, flu deaths decreased to about 120 in the state. Since 2005 when flu deaths have been tracked by the ADH, the only other flu season to surpass 100 flu deaths was in 2014-2015.
https://www.swtimes.com/news/20200123/flu-deaths-mount-activity-widespread-in-arkansas
For the 2019-2020 Arkansas flu season, there were 118 deaths.
https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/flu-deaths-in-arkansas-zero-new-deaths-reported-this-week-keeping-2019-2020-season-total-to-118/
Arkansas will easily end up with far more Covid-19 deaths than flu deaths this season or the 2018 flu season. Like many red states with careless governors letting meat packing plant Covid'19 spread go out of control, they are just at the beginning of their Covid-19 trajectory. Arkansas just logged its sixth day of 3-digit Covid-19 case gains.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/may/27/state-logs-sixth-day-of-3-digit-case-ga/
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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