I ran across a headline that said that something is screwy because the deaths are about

[LiberalArkie]

Last edited Thu Jan 21, 2021, 02:41 PM - Edit history (1)

normal. Yes they are about normal. I look at the Arkansas dept of health flu stats and only 1 death from the flu for the entire season. The number of cases since the flu season started is BELOW the base line. The flu is here but so many people are wearing masks that it can not grab hold.

Here is the data : https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/Weekly_Influenza_Report_Week_Ending_Saturday_January_16,_2021.pdf


EDIT: per popular demand, it seems that deaths are not normal for this year so far. I have tp appoligize for posting incorrect information. Must have been a Republican site.

[luvs2sing]

1. My husband's oncologist..

told him there have been virtually no cases of flu here in Ohio due to people following Covid precautions.

[LisaL]

12. Influenza cases are lower than normal.

However deaths in 2020 are much higher than normal.

[lapfog_1]

2. I have interacted with a very limited set of people for a year now

wearing masks, alcohol wipes... washing hands

so far, no colds, no flu.

[Hugin]

3. No communicable diseases here, either.

A couple of odd things like kidney stones and a near case of appendicitis, though. Because, I'm an idiot.

[BComplex]

4. ...

[Hugin]

13. There was also the ulcer. Not, my fault.

My attorney has informed me suing the calendar for personal injury would be a waste of money.

[lagomorph777]

5. The measures that most take to prevent COVID are even more effective against other causes of death.

For example, masks and handwashing are very effective against flu.
Reduced travel reduces highway fatalities and improves air quality (and lung health).

So we might actually see the total death count nearly neutral, but the causes shift.

On the downside, economic catastrophe causes a lot of deaths too.

[Mariana]

8. The total death count is not nearly neutral.

Please follow this link to the CDC website, and scroll down to the graph that says "Weekly number of deaths (from all causes)".

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm

[lagomorph777]

10. So much for my fantasy.

Thanks for the facts!

[Mariana]

15. You're welcome. nt.

[PJMcK]

6. We still got our flu shots last Fall

Even though we've been isolating and social distancing and wearing masks and washing our hands and everything else, we still felt it was worth it to get our flu vaccines.

Belts and suspenders mean your pants will definitely not fall down!

[Mariana]

7. Please follow this link to the CDC website

and scroll down to the graph that says, "Weekly number of deaths (from all causes)"

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm

You'll see that the number of deaths has been abnormally high every single week since the last week of March 2020.

I don't know who said "the deaths are about normal", but whoever it was, it's a lie.

[Roland99]

9. And this map - Weekly US Map: Influenza Summary Update

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

[LiberalArkie]

16. I was only pointing out that in Arkansas the Dept of Health stats show that our

flu stats for this flu season is way below the baseline.

[Mariana]

19. No, you posted a false statement.

I ran across a headline that said that something is screwy because the deaths are about [View all]
normal. Yes they are about normal.

This is false.

[LisaL]

11. The headline you ran across was false.

There are misleading claims circulating that death are normal. They are not normal. 2020 deaths are much higher than normal.

"In mid-October, the CDC released analysis of death figures between Jan. 26 and Oct. 3, and revealed there had been an estimated 299,028 excess deaths in 2020 by this time ( here , datawrapper.dwcdn.net/LWq2f/6/ ). It said of this figure that 198,081 deaths (66%) were believed to be due to COVID-19 – although the department also noted that underestimations could have been made on the total impact of the pandemic. A similar study from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) looking at data between March and July also found US deaths had increased 20% during this period. COVID-19 was attributed to 67% of this excess (here)."
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-chart-us-death-figures-2020/fact-check-chart-does-not-present-accurate-us-deaths-figure-for-2020-idUSKBN2872MV

[Hugin]

14. +1

Let's stick to the facts.

[LiberalArkie]

17. The fact I was trying to make is that Arkansas has had only 1 flu death this flu season

compared to all the other years. The point I was trying to make is masks and prevention does in fact work. Probably not that much for car accidents, or heart attacks of being hit in the head with a fire extinguisher. But for things like the flu they do work.

It makes a person wonder if it might work next flu season?

[Hugin]

18. Oh, I know that, LA.

You are correct in what YOU are saying. The articles were a little misleading in how they were written.