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Originally Posted by Serendipatti
You're right, 2017-2018 was a horrible year for flu deaths in the US but the number was 61,000 in comparison to the almost 500,000 SO FAR in the US for Covid-19 deaths. NO comparison.
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Unfortunately, there is no comparison in how the cause of death is reported.
In 30+ years of practice, I never once signed a death certificate with "Influenza" listed as the cause, and neither did most doctors.
Now, there is a financial incentive to list COVID on the DC and on hospital bills.
So, I wonder how many fewer "COVID" deaths we would have if they were counted the way we traditionally count influenza deaths, and how many more influenza deaths if there were the same financial incentive for the influenza diagnosis. A hint of this lies in the almost ridiculous low number of influenza cases this year. (and NO, it's not because people are wearing a mask)