Originally Posted by
block30
Additionally....as I listened to a podcast, a recent "bad" flu season was .5%. We didnt damage our economy then over a *higher* death rate.
To do so now is neither logically nor morally consistent. Sorry I would have to dig to cite that .5% someone feel free to jump in on that. Lots of kid watching. For me today.
bad flu seasons involve a lot of deaths. But most - like coronavirus - are old people in nursing homes and a similar demographic. There are almost 2 million people in the US over age 90 but less than 75,000 over age 100. That’s according to the US Census. So during a ten year period we lose about 190,000 people between the ages of 90 and 100. A lot of those are to flu, despite having flu immunizations and antiflu antiviral medications. This year a lot of those deaths will be to coronavirus.
https://www.statnews.com/2018/09/26/...deaths-winter/