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Flu is under-diagnosed compared to covid because it kills a lot of old people and their cause of death is frequently not listed as flu. With covid, every death
by wyager 5y ago
Flu is under-diagnosed compared to covid because it kills a lot of old people and their cause of death is frequently not listed as flu. With covid, every death that might be attributable to it is counted. So it’s probably actually a more extreme difference under a fair comparison.