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Just how deadly is COVID-19? Is it reasonable that we are taking some pretty drastic action. It probably isn't useful to compare aggregated death rates over a year when COVID-19 hasn't been around that long. The linked visualization shows the daily death rate over time when compared to other causes of death.
I'm not 100% sure this is apples to apples either as the daily COVID-19 counts are known and the daily counts for the other causes of death are not (they are likely averaged from last year's figures).
I'm not 100% sure this is apples to apples either as the daily COVID-19 counts are known and the daily counts for the other causes of death are not (they are likely averaged from last year's figures).
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Depends on a lot of factors... and it is killing some people with out preconditions
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CW4 Guy Butler - Lol, I doubt it.
But it really is a bit apples to oranges because it is averaging those other deaths over the full year as we don't have daily figures for them. So it shows Influenza&Pneumonia as having 152 daily deaths (or almost 56k last year) but it is very likely that the number of deaths in any day in January is much higher than the daily deaths in, say, August. So the influenza deaths may likewise spike, given the right time of year.
But it really is a bit apples to oranges because it is averaging those other deaths over the full year as we don't have daily figures for them. So it shows Influenza&Pneumonia as having 152 daily deaths (or almost 56k last year) but it is very likely that the number of deaths in any day in January is much higher than the daily deaths in, say, August. So the influenza deaths may likewise spike, given the right time of year.
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SPC Kevin Ford Vaccines exist for influenza. Vaccine for COVID-19 does not exist yet and experiments are still ongoing
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