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> Hundreds (thousands?) of healthy people gets the flu in the US every year and die from it. Way off! Tens of millions catch and tens of thousands die from th
by xienze 6y ago
> Hundreds (thousands?) of healthy people gets the flu in the US every year and die from it.
Way off! Tens of millions catch and tens of thousands die from the flu every single year in the US. And that's with a vaccine! You probably didn't know that though because news stations don't have rolling infection and death counters going 24/7 during flu season.
- refurb 6y agoThat's true. In 2018, ~80,000 Americans died from the flu. However, most of those had some comorbidity that exacerbated the course of the flu. When I mentioned hundreds or thousands, I'm talking about healthy, young people dying of the flu. It's rare, but it does happen. My point is that we don't look at those cases and assume that how the flu affects everyone.