Regular flu strain data from the CDC
Overall, the CDC estimates that 12,000 and 61,000 deaths annually since 2010 can be blamed on the flu (in the US).
Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the flu kills 290,000 to 650,000 people per year.
So far Corvid 19 has infected 340,000, and 14,500 have died. That is worldwide.
look, I'm not downplaying anything, but how is this strain any more deadly than Influenza A & B? Why is everyone shitting their pants?
Regular flu strain data from the CDC
Overall, the CDC estimates that 12,000 and 61,000 deaths annually since 2010 can be blamed on the flu (in the US).
Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the flu kills 290,000 to 650,000 people per year.
So far Corvid 19 has infected 340,000, and 14,500 have died. That is worldwide.
look, I'm not downplaying anything, but how is this strain any more deadly than Influenza A & B? Why is everyone shitting their pants?
Ask the same question in 8 weeks...
But I'm not bitching...this thread is cutting into my hammock time...
Ask the same question in 8 weeks...
But I'm not bitching...this thread is cutting into my hammock time...
Do you really think 650,000 people will die from this? I sure as hell hope not.
I'm not saying this isn't worrisome, but isn't 650k dying every year from the regular flu just as bad/worse? This just doesn't add up.
Do you really think 650,000 people will die from this? I sure as hell hope not.
I'm not saying this isn't worrisome, but isn't 650k dying every year from the regular flu just as bad/worse? This just doesn't add up.
What’s really going to piss me off is. The god damn circle jerk in a few weeks. All the patting themselves on the back that will take place. From politicians to media and the Facebook/Instagram kooks. “We stopped the corona virus by the quick and tenacious action we all took.” Saying it now. Fuck off
And besides. The last thing millennials need is another atta boy.
Google says NYC has a population of 8.6 million people. Isn't 15000 cases (not deaths) like 2/10s of 1 % (0.002 % of population) :thinking:
Maybe my math is wrong.
Why is everyone shitting their pants?
The issue really lies in the R value of the virus.... The flu has an R of 1 or just shy of 1 meaning for every 1 person that gets it they can infect 1. That is a level line and something our health Care system can manage. Corona is sitting in the 2.5 range which causes exponential growth and will over run the hospitals so people that wouldn't normally die from the flu or corona, or a heart attack or any illness that makes them an inpatient, might. The social distancing and business closures is an external way to try to lower the R value. If we did nothing the R would be more.Exactly! This is way overblown and a total over reaction to all of this. We will look back at our cratered economy as a huge mistake.
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