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> The literature is saying that if you're under 48 the flu has a higher mortality rate. I don't think that's correct. Covid is well above influenza mortality

> The literature is saying that if you're under 48 the flu has a higher mortality rate. I don't think that's correct. Covid is well above influenza mortality in every cohort except children, I believe.

zby 6y ago
Do you have any stats for that? The stats now seem very different from what was happening in April and May. The cumulative CFR is also dropping - but obviously time cohort data must be already much lower.
- sroussey 6y ago
  Flu mortality rate is down in same period though
  - as_keyof_typeof 6y ago
    Flu diagnosed as COVID? Lack of people going into the hospital?
timr 6y ago
It's probably about the same up to age 49, maybe a bit less: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scena...