Originally Posted by
AZFlyer
I'll post it again. Only 6 US states have yet met or eclipsed last seasons flu deaths, while most states are not even close. When you're only focused on the national number, you lack some context. NY, NJ, etc are grossly skewing the data. This is as of yesterday. For the 44 states that haven't met their Flu death tally from the corona virus, the average corona virus death toll sits at 24% of Flu deaths. Be afraid!!
Why are you comparing a year to a month? And why don't you realize that COVID-19 is very dependant on geographic hotspot outbreaks? Open up the country, and the blue in your graph will flatten out nicely.