Since we’re getting near the end of flu season, the number might reach a bit over 20K?
Compare that to coronavirus...so far...2 in the US.
I do find it interesting that there isn’t any info on the demographics of the US fatalities. (I’m thinking elderly)
Someone needs to start a list (thread), which lists numbers of deaths from really obscure things in the same timeframe as the corona virus outbreak. Keeping corona deaths updated as well for comparison.
as example, deaths by rabid squirrel bites....
2 deaths and yet you know damn well that there are probably tens of thousands that have/had this thing and don’t even know it.
Clearly the rate of death is way lower than the flu for this very reason.
So ridiculous
interestingly - so far and i hope this is a trend, this is not hitting children hard. even in China. re flu deaths, i think people concentrating on hygiene may help this year. i do worry about the homeless - and i see there may be a problem in a WA nursing home - elderly, close quarters, shared spaces....states have to do their part.