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by hvac 1722 days ago
>mortality of common comparisons like Influenza way higher

Source? I see 188 pediatric deaths from flu in the 2017-2018 season, and 464 for covid over 1.5 years.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/spotlights/2019-2020/2019-20-pediatr...

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Se...

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You need to adjust for the total # of infections. We can also talk about the of covid/with COVID distinction but frankly we don’t even need to go there. But suffice to say Influenza and COVID deaths are measured very differently