> have been 'substantially' inflating flu death numbers to manipulate public behavior (e.g. to get more people to take vaccinated). This is the article writer

> have been 'substantially' inflating flu death numbers to manipulate public behavior (e.g. to get more people to take vaccinated). This is the article writer opinion, it is not the CDC official stand on the matter. Similar calculations are currently done for Covid-19. Many articles show the discrepancy between total reported deaths, Covid-19 reported deaths and medium values in previous years. It makes sense. That the numbers are not perfectly correct does not mean that they are not good enough to use for policies and to inform the public. > This patronizing behavior from the scientific and political class is destructive. I like the transparency of publishing the data and the methods to calculate it. That is the contrary of patronizing. I hope that transparency continues to be the norm, even when makes the number easier to criticize for people with little information.