Volsfaninva917
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Yeah... next year we should cancel everything for the flu. Covid as of today was confirmed in 5711 Americans. The latest numbers say that 94 have died. That number is still skewed by the initial nursing home deaths in Washington that could have just as easily happened if the flu had infected the same places. EVEN SO... the US mortality rate as of today is 1.6%. That rate will likely continue to drop as more accurate and representative numbers accumulate.
Meanwhile, in a "great" year... only about 22,000 people have died of the flu. Last year it was over 60,000 and over 70,000 the year before that. Roughly 7% of all US deaths are from the flu and associated pneumonia.
Not saying Covid is being overblown or anything... well, no, I guess I am.
Just curious but....As of Monday, the number of cases in Italy was 31,506 with the number of deaths at 2,503. Unless there is something wrong with my calculator, that is a death rate of 7.944519 percent. Why such a high rate in Italy, more old folks???
Yes they have the second oldest population of any country in the world expect Japan also they have alot of heavy smokers.Just curious but....As of Monday, the number of cases in Italy was 31,506 with the number of deaths at 2,503. Unless there is something wrong with my calculator, that is a death rate of 7.944519 percent. Why such a high rate in Italy, more old folks???
Yes, there will. Circumstances have been much worse yet the season still happened. WWII and the Great Depression being 2 prime examples.
Never mind the fact that the season doesn't start until September. We'll have handled the virus by then.
Italy does have the oldest average age in population than any country in Europe. They also live closely-knitted, right on top of each other. Think of New York City but in a country of about 60 million.