Read the article, there are so many weasel words in their about states not reporting and other stuff. Plus, how many of those are over 36,000? Oh, that would be none.
Plus, not to be morbid or sound uncaring, but about 7000 people die a day in the US of all causes, so even the 19000 over a flu season isn’t out of the ordinary for total deaths.
And, total population wise, not even a drop in the bucket that we nearly kicked.
Nearly ALL are over 36,000 (exept 2011-2012 which is 16,336) if respiratory and circulatory deaths are included. These are all complications of the influenza virus, but could be non-associative, which is why the CDC distinguishes them.
Plus, not to be morbid or sound uncaring, but about 7000 people die a day in the US of all causes, so even the 19000 over a flu season isn’t out of the ordinary for total deaths.
No argument there. The CDC is as political as any gov branch and their numbers can be convoluted to fit practically any narrative, but they do try to be accurate in their reporting.
Never included in these discussions on the 1918 flu was the abominable state of public health at the time.
The state of health today presents its own problems, combined with an establishment which both profits and enjoys control over a sick populace (the latter another discussion altogether). I’m not going to outline the history here, but snippet can be garnered at the link.
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/history.html