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I think the signal to look for is an increase in flu mortality rate in February-May compared to October-January if that kind of data exists. Confirmed flu cases
by mcbits 7y ago
I think the signal to look for is an increase in flu mortality rate in February-May compared to October-January if that kind of data exists. Confirmed flu cases are almost never also tested for COVID-19 due to the sheer number of flu cases, but even a small percentage of those being doubled up might change the mortality rate. They would also cause community spread because people don't take the same precautions for "just the flu".
- bagacrap 7y agoboth flu and covid kill the same kind of people, very old and frail ones. So in a sense they should be competitors, and they'll both kill fewer than if either disease were the only one.
- mcbits 7y agoCovid kills people who would survive the flu, so if someone catches both, they would have a higher chance of dying than from the flu alone, which would affect the flu's stats because these would be recorded as flu deaths.
- jfnixon 7y agoFlu kills children, covid-19 doesn't. Not sure if there is an 'expected' percentage of flu deaths in children, but if so, we might estimate the covid effect by looking at those numbers.