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The point was comparing reported COVID deaths to statistically extrapolated flu deaths is apples to oranges. What you quoted was a comparison of reported deaths
by bmat 6y ago
The point was comparing reported COVID deaths to statistically extrapolated flu deaths is apples to oranges. What you quoted was a comparison of reported deaths to reported deaths.
- lemagedurage 6y ago"Comparing reported COVID deaths to statistically extrapolated flu deaths is apples to oranges" I suppose this would be a better title of the article.
- fullshark 6y agoI think comparing just reported deaths is probably even worse, the rate of undercounting of flu deaths and undercounting of covid deaths (in a pandemic with a ton of testing / heightened observation) is not going to be comparable.
- bmat 6y agoDefinitely. My takeaway is we should be skeptical of any comparison between COVID and flu statistics.