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> That's why people are talking about this coronavirus and largely blasé about the flu I disagree. People are talking about coronavirus because the media is t
by dingaling 7y ago
> That's why people are talking about this coronavirus and largely blasé about the flu
I disagree. People are talking about coronavirus because the media is talking about it, because it makes great headlines out of context.
In January 2018, influenza and pneumonia in the USA had a CFR of 10.8%. That's horrific, but didn't earn media attention. Over 500,000 people die globally from influenza-related respiratory problems every year.
Break out of the 24/7 news cycle.
- inferiorhuman 7y agoOver 500,000 people die globally from influenza-related respiratory problems every year. And how many people need to be infected to achieve that result? More people than the Wuhan coronavirus would need. Try an order of magnitude more. That's why the flu typically doesn't make the news and this coronavirus does. I don't know where you are, but in California the 2017-18 flu season was indeed heavily covered.