especially for them. They’re not worried about a flu pandemic, and they don’t need a pandemic to think flu is worth protecting themselves against every year. They’re used to getting an annual flu shot, and don’t see
You might also choose to look up how many people your age have died of ANYTHING since January 2020 and how that gives you perspective on COVID-19 deaths. Lastly, consider the types of deaths which occur at these ratios. We’ve mapped these to mortality risks provided by insurance companies...
invasiveStreptococcus pneumoniaedisease, and pneumonia deaths from 2016 to 2020. All 3 trended downward in 2020 compared with the same weeks in previous years, especially after Taiwan implemented COVID-19 prevention strategies. The downward
U.S. COVID-19-related deaths on Monday surpassed 675,000, the estimated U.S. fatalities from the 1918 influenza pandemic, while battles over vaccines and masks continue as the country staggers into the 19th month of the pandemic.
Influenza and COVID-19 contribute significantly to the infectious disease burden during the respiratory season, but their relative burden remains unknown. This study characterizes the frequency and severity of medically attended COVID-19 and influenza du
Primary outcome = COVID-19-related hospitalization or death in 28 days. In the RDV arm, 2 (0.7%) participants had a COVID-19-related hospitalization compared to 15 (5.3%) in the placebo arm (p=0.008), for an 87% relative reduction. There were no deaths in either arm, and...
The last global epidemic of Spanish flu responsible for 20–50 millions deaths has coincided with First World War, internecine conflicts and birth of bolshevism, which all together brought the greatest confusion to mankind. Movements of great masses of soldiers from the US brought the H1N1 ...
If these deaths are considered COVID deaths, thereby inflating the numerator, doesn't that seem somewhat disingenuous? CONFLICT OF INTEREST: None Reported May 15, 2020 Valid Comparisons of Deaths from COVID-19 and the Seasonal Flu Michael McAleer, PhD(Econometrics),Queen's | Asia University,...
"We cannot become hardened to the continuing, and largely preventable, tragedy," Tom Frieden, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tweeted earlier this month, noting deaths from COVID-19 in the United States would surpass the toll of the 1918 flu pandemic...
Since January 2020, more than 7.8 million cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and 215 000 deaths have occurred in the US. In response to the pandemic, vaccine development has been moving at record speed through strong public or private partnerships, with nearly 200 vaccine candidates...