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Death rate from covid is low in Portual and Spain (compared to USA) since summer, possibly because of the high vaccination rate. Unfortunately, the covid death

Death rate from covid is low in Portual and Spain (compared to USA) since summer, possibly because of the high vaccination rate. Unfortunately, the covid death rate is still much higher than flu.

GekkePrutser 5y ago
No it's actually much lower than flu now. See this infographic from the local paper. Sorry in Spanish: https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ext_resources/infographics/2022/enero/gripe-vs-omicron.png https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ext_resources/infographics/20... Gripe is flu. Contagios is infections and Muertes deaths. They compare cases with deaths between recent flu epidemics and current covid figures. Full article: https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20220102/variante-omicron-mortalidad-gripe-espana-13050768 https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20220102/variante-om.... Of course not all cases of the flu would have been reported but covid is highly under reported now too as most people don't do the official test anymore after home testing positive. El periódico is a left leaning paper that was very pro-measures up until now so it really looks like things are turning.