[missosoup]

Flu multipliers are the most effective way to convey the risk of this disease to simple-minded people who dismiss it as 'just the flu'.

In a more technical context, I would entirely agree with you and not use such figures.

[avereveard]

yeah but people will look up the figures, figure out the statistics are misleading, and be even more entrenched in their 'just the flu' assumption.

there needs to be a better way and I think "your elders' and your friends elders' are vaccinated against the flu, not this and are gonna catch it from you and 30%^ of them straight up dies" seems a better angle and more solid against argumentation.

^ or whatever % is today