Center for Disease Control estimates that so far, 14,000 people have died and 250,000 people have been hospitalized during the 2019-2020 flu season, according to preliminary estimates from the CDC as of 2/14/2020. These figures are just for the USA and are NOT coronavirus related.
Get a grip, wash your hands, cover your mouth if you cough, etc. etc...
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm#ILIActivityMap
Last edited by Captain Oil; 03-05-2020 at 11:28 AM.
Last month, the CDC reported that 39,773 people in the United States died from gunshot wounds in 2017, the most single-year gun deaths in half a century. The increase was driven by suicides. GVA recorded 28,159 firearm injuries in 2018, a 10 percent decrease over 2017.Originally Posted by Captain Oil
^^ Guns have about as much to do with the coronavirus as flu does.
Since we're getting off topic, how about the 450,000 deaths related to tobacco every year in the States?
We are in very mobile times here folks, these bugs are going to find a way in. All the control measures in the world will just slow down the spread and at least will help to not overcrowd our hospital systems - several here in the Chicago area have been on bypass lately (no room at the inn) just from the seasonal flu. We'll all get immune to this one and then wait around for the next one - sad, but the 'new' normal.
Control your health as best you can, get your vaccinations and for sure get your vacations!
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