The flu has killed 2,200 Michiganders since 2000. Coronavirus topped that in a month.

[Siwsan]

Anybody who’s been on Facebook since the COVID-19 pandemic started has likely seen the claim that “the coronavirus is no worse than the flu.”

Michigan death records show otherwise.

Since 2000, Michigan has had 2,179 people die from the flu. Michigan’s deadliest influenza year was 2018, when state vital records show 346 people died from it.

Michigan’s first novel coronavirus death was March 18. By April 18, state death records show nearly 2,700 Michiganders had died from COVID-19 – more deaths than the flu caused in 20 years.

"Coronavirus is causing 10 times more mortality than flu," said Dr. Teena Chopra, a professor of infectious diseases at Wayne State University and corporate medical director of hospital epidemiology at the Detroit Medical Center. "It is a very contagious virus."

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/05/the-flu-has-killed-2200-michiganders-since-2000-coronavirus-topped-that-in-a-month.html

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1. Deadliest year had 346 flu deaths. Large state, lots of urban areas.

Connecticut, which also tracks actual flu deaths always posts similarly low numbers too.

This indicates that a REALLY bad flu year has around 17,000 flu deaths.

Man, the CDC has been screwing with us with their ridiculous "estimates" of 50 and 60,000 flu deaths per year.

And now I really want to know who profits from their absurd over-estimates. I wouldn't think it was pharma because the vaccine just isn't that expensive.

So who?

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2. Thanks for this. This has been one fact that's been hard to track. nt