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Originally Posted by henry_quirk
222,000 flu cases and 22,000 flu deaths, in the US, so far.
1,864 carona cases and 41 deaths, in the US, so far.
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22,000 flu deaths this
season, which starts back in August/September. Meaning roughly 3,667 deaths per month.
Italy (which, by a number of expert estimations, is the situation we're headed for) just hit 250 coronavirus deaths per day, AKA roughly 7,500 deaths per month--assuming the rate doesn't go higher, which it is expected to do. That's
on top of the 3,667 flu deaths per month that the hospital system is already dealing with.
It's not a question of how bad it is
now, it's a question of how bad all the numbers indicate it's going to
get. Once it gets bad, it's already too late.