> CDC numbers for the "flu" are actually a combined "flu and pneumonia"
That's just like Covid though - they are counting everyone who dies with the virus even though most have other conditions.
That's just like Covid though - they are counting everyone who dies with the virus even though most have other conditions.
This is the latest data published by the Italian Ministry of Health. Looking at the chart on the second page, try to ignore the lines (we all know there is an infinite amount of ways one can approximate a curve to the dots) and just observe the dots. Does this seem like a bad year to you? Compared to winter 2016/17?
http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/caldo/SISMG_sintesi_ULTIMO....
Also note that all the charts are misleading since they don't start with 0 (the effect is exaggerated).
https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/bergamo-citta/coronaviru...
Doesn't that seem like a bad year to you?
Overall mortality for Europe is lower than during most flu seasons:
Week 13 is march 22-28 if I counted right. Deaths lag cases. French Coronavirus deaths went from 674 on the 22nd, to 2314 on the 28th, to 8078 yesterday april 5th.
I would say your comment is premature.
The thing you are missing though is that crisis started mid March. It feels like forever (because of shelter at home), but it is a very short time and every few days the number of cases doubles. Most of that doesn't register on graphs that spans multiple years (look at the dates).