“CDC estimates that influenza was associated with more than 35.5 million illnesses, more than 16.5 million medical visits, 490,600 hospitalizations, and 34,200 deaths during the 2018–2019 influenza season. This burden was similar to estimated burden during the 2012–2013 influenza season1.”
This is the US 2018-2019 Flu statistics. Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the flu kills 290,000 to 650,000 people per year.
And not one store is shuttered or people confined to their homes. Imagine how many took flu shots.
it is long past time to end this charade and open up. The longer the self inflicted wounds go on the worse it gets