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Old 08-08-2020, 10:30 AM
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Based upon today numbers for the US the death rate is 3.3% of cases. And deaths follows weeks behind the number of cases diagnosed. This is not the flu!
And in addition the CDC for the flu season ended April 2020 estimated flu deaths at between 24,000 and 62,000 deaths. In the season ended April 2019 the CDC estimated 34,200 deaths. Covid deaths as of today are more than 161,000.

Any comparison to the flu is totally irresponsible!