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Originally Posted by Spi-nex
All this fuss over something that has so far affected 0.2% of the population of the United States (328 million populous, 641,299 confirmed cases as of 5:30PM April 15th). That is an extraordinary inconsequential number that hardly deserves the classification of a "pandemic."
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Per the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 34,157 Americans died from influenza in 2018-2019 flu season. That included 477 children aged 0 thru 17. No one says a word about flu deaths. I guess we're just used to them and those numbers are acceptable since we do little to stop the spread of flu every winter. Flu shots are only of limited value and some years are nearly worthless.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html