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Old 05-18-2021, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
And you only posted the high end of the range. The table below showing typically fewer than 30,000 flu deaths would be just as accurate:

2016-2017: 29,000
2017-2018: 46,000
2018-2019: 26,000
I disagree. The CDC numbers are their best guess but they acknowledge they could be higher or lower, hence the range. Bottom line, I guess, is we have no way of knowing EXACTLY how many have died from the flu over the last few years, but we are "absolutely certain" how many have died from Covid. Food for thought.
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