Of note, the average number of deaths from influenza worldwide over the course of 12 months is ~350,000, so we passed that some time ago The average number of flu deaths in the US is ~40,000, which is about a third of the current number from COVID-19
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And worth remembering that those flu death averages are over 12 months, while COVID-19 has only been around in most places for a quarter of that time
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I am American and yes this country is way more backwards than we pretend to be, but there’s lots of good people trying to rectify that. I promise!
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Or they switch to "it's not as bad as the 1968 pandemic (it's worse) and everyone went to Woodstock and no one wore masks they did wear masks)
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No, they didn't wear masks at Woodstock.
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Next narrative: "it's not as bad as a bad flu". Followed by "it's not as bad as the worst flu in 1918". I very much hope that this statement will then not have to be revised!
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