so we go from

>3,448 to 15,620

confirmed deaths to

>25,000 to 69,000

estimated deaths? It's no wonder Americans have trust issues with medical experts. That's an absurd number created just to scare people into getting vaccinated. Which appears to be the authors opinion as well.

> While in the past it was justifiable to err on the side of substantially overestimating flu deaths, in order to encourage vaccination and good hygiene

I feel like trust is entirely undervalued in the scientific community. How are lay people expected to follow scientific advice if we can't trust the scientists?