The graph and text clearly state it refers to pneumonia and influenza, if you refer to the legend where it says Percent P&I. The P&I for the first 8 weeks of th

The graph and text clearly state it refers to pneumonia and influenza, if you refer to the legend where it says Percent P&I. The P&I for the first 8 weeks of the year is clearly within normal ranges. It spikes from baseline in the first week of March continuing on to the present day. If you look at the first set of graphs, you'll see a spike around the same time for influenza tests. I don't know how fast pneumonia occurs in people weakened by influenza, but I would expect some delay. I think the spike in both influenza and in death due to influenza and pneumonia is probably due to testing. If you presented with influenza like symptoms in March, you were definitely given a flu test to rule out influenza.