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Originally Posted by Aloha1
You will not be "completely safe" even WITH a vaccine. So far from March 15 to April 18, 748 Floridians have died from the Wuhan virus. Contrast that with the 2018 statistics for influenza, which has a vaccine: 3,082 Floridians died. (data from Florida Health).
A far as" trusting the numbers", that appears to be an ever changing scenario. Latest data out of 3,000 antibody screening tests in California shows an infection rate 50 to 85 HIGHER than what the "numbers" allege. The vast majority of those tested either had no symptoms or very mild ones like a cold.
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That's a HUGE difference.
748 Floridians died in a single month, to COVID-19.
3082 Floridians died in an entire year, from the flu. And while flu season is a limited season, anyone can actually catch it any time of year.
If we were to compare, we have to do the math. Can't multiply 748 by 12 months because the flu _is_ seasonal, which means very small number dying from it outside the season.
So we'll divide the flu numbers by 12 to get a monthly average.
3082/12=256
So - the flu's monthly average death rate is 256.
Compare with COVID's average death rate of 748.
That's juuuust slightly lower than 150% higher death rate for COVID-19.