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On Tuesday we set a record of 432. On Friday, of 585. To me the shocking thing isn't that we are setting new records for deaths, or set 2 new records in one w
by btilly 6y ago
On Tuesday we set a record of 432. On Friday, of 585.
To me the shocking thing isn't that we are setting new records for deaths, or set 2 new records in one week.
It is that the second record is more than 1/3 higher than the first. :-(
- guidedlight 6y agoApparently morgues and funeral homes are at maximum capacity and are turning away families. https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/los-angeles-morgues-overflow-as-funeral-homes-turn-away-families-20210102-p56rao.html https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/los-angeles-mo...
- swayvil 6y agowell it is the flu season
- jussij 6y agoExcept for the fact the current pandemic has nothing to do with the flu.
- throwaway201103 6y agoPresumably one could get the flu and COVID at the same time, which would probably be worse than either one separately. Does California normally have higher incidence of flu per capita than other states?
- swayvil 6y agoWhen you die of the flu they count it as covid.
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- dhnajsjdnd 6y agoIn most years the annual number of flu deaths in California is about this much.
- swayvil 6y agoThen throw in incidents of pneumonia too. If covid is present then covid is legally attributable.
- irq11 6y agoAnd on the 27th there were 64, and on the 25th, 77. There’s a fairly obvious dip in the 7-day trendline around Christmas: https://covid-19.direct/state/CA https://covid-19.direct/state/CA It’s likely that some of this is due to reporting delay over the holidays.