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but then compare the number of typical influenza dead to the year of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic

• hyperpape 7y ago
  They were within ordinary ranges, though perhaps at the high end. The US has more flu deaths in a typical year than it had H1N1 deaths. I was watching it obsessively early on, but it turned out to not be disastrous.
  • dragonwriter 7y ago
    > The US has more flu deaths in a typical year than it had H1N1 deaths. But far more infections from H1N1 (60+ million, whereas 45 million is the top estimated annual total flu infections from 2010 on): the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic flu turned out to be more infectious but less deadly (I wonder if this is in part because during the pandemic people reacted to potential flu symptoms more diligently) than typical seasonal flu, and there was very light seasonal flu activity.
  • MiroF 7y ago
    "normal ranges"? https://d2vlcm61l7u1fs.cloudfront.net/media%2F6a3%2F6a3d1795-e5f8-4c91-aef3-44f0ba2e45e5%2FphpIjJY3R.png https://d2vlcm61l7u1fs.cloudfront.net/media%2F6a3%2F6a3d1795...
    • hyperpape 7y ago
      That is not the total number of deaths for either the us or the world. Please compare total deaths. Further, note that I said at the high end: many years were lower, but it didn’t exceed other non-pandemic years.