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In 2018/2019 "the flu" killed 34,000 for the whole season and infected 39 milllion with a death rate of onl 1/10 of 1 percent. If COVID

Posted by: JDolphin on Apr 28, 22:06 in response to JDolphin's post SOME viruses spread best in certain conditions. If you're...

followed that same rate there should only be 1000 deaths not  59000.   If you use the current COVID death rate 5.6% on the flu cases (34 million) you ge t 1.9 million deaths.

So the flu is not a good comparison.

COVID-19 is about to kill more Americans than the Vietnam War Antibody Apr 27, 17:25

Not bad for a hoax {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Apr 28, 09:55

Newsweek: Tennesse has its highest one day increase as it begins to re-open. notfabio Apr 28, 11:33

Which would be people who got sick before reopening. As long as they focus on flattening the curve, everything ok. bsbbtnh Apr 28, 11:43

If it's not flat now with stay-at-home order, how is it going to stay flat when people go out in masses. {nm} Antibody Apr 28, 11:57

We don't want no transmission, we want a level we can sustain. And weather plays a role in transmission rates {nm} bsbbtnh Apr 28, 12:53

Tropical countries Singapore, Ecuador, and Brazil are getting wrose. {nm} Antibody Apr 28, 13:21

Yes, even tropical countries get flu season. Singapore is just entering, Ecuador just exiting. Brazil I think in middle. bsbbtnh Apr 28, 14:02

"flu season" doesn't kill 55k people in two months, even in the face of a virtual shutdown of society. unchecked, it would be exponentially tentin quarentino Apr 28, 15:39

I never said it did. Just that viruses spread best in certain conditions. We can't close down society for 2 years. bsbbtnh Apr 28, 15:53

SOME viruses spread best in certain conditions. If you're talking about warmer weather, then why is it flouirshing in warmer climates now? {nm} JDolphin Apr 28, 21:46

In 2018/2019 "the flu" killed 34,000 for the whole season and infected 39 milllion with a death rate of onl 1/10 of 1 percent. If COVID JDolphin Apr 28, 22:06

My husband is an essential worker, I have a compromised immune system, and our daughter has a heart condition. He and I are in our very KirvayW May 07, 07:26





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