Reuters U.S. coronavirus outbreak soon to be deadlier than any flu since 1967 as deaths top 60,000

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

(Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 60,000 on Wednesday and the outbreak will soon be deadlier than any flu season since 1967, according to a Reuters tally.

America's worst flu season in recent years was in 2017-2018 when more than 61,000 people died, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/past-seasons.html.

The only deadlier flu seasons were in 1967 when about 100,000 Americans died, 1957 when 116,000 died and the Spanish flu of 1918 when 675,000 died, according to the CDC

The United States has the world's highest coronavirus death toll and a daily average of 2,000 people died in April of the highly contagious respiratory illness COVID-19, according to a Reuters tally. The first U.S. death was recorded on Feb. 29 but recent testing in California indicates the first death might have been on Feb. 6, with the virus circulating weeks earlier than previously thought.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-coronavirus-outbreak-soon-to-be-deadlier-than-any-flu-since-1967-as-deaths-top-60000/ar-BB13nMm6?li=BBnb7Kz

[greenjar_01]

1. We'll be at 75,000 by the end of next week

[mucifer]

2. and remind people who are annoying: This is with social distancing and stay at home

Imagine what it would be like without this taken into account

[Igel]

3. It's worse than you think.

You're counting corpses.

Put it in terms of deaths/1 M population.

Both are valid. Both are necessary, but for different things.

[Massacure]

4. The population in 1957 was about half what it is today

So we won't match the deaths per million people of the 1957 influenza season until 225,000-250,000 people die. I won't try to predict whether we'll hit that kind of grim marker.

[MoonlitKnight]

5. Flu deaths this season were 24,000 to 62,000

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm

That number should be added to Covid-19 deaths to make an accurate comparison. So 84,000 to 122,000.