I can't say precisely how these deaths are defined. I can say that I know several people personally who have died of COVID just in the past month. I can't ever remember anyone I know dying of the Flu.
I'm not questioning this. But unfortunately it is by definition anecdotal. I know 3 over 90s who are still going, and a mix of expose risk and health status. I'm sorry for your loss.
Yes, I also know a ton of people who didn't die from it. That does not change the fact that COVID is much more lethal than the flu, which was the original claim to justify the article.
The data for flu is not “with no underlying conditions.” Something like 70% of the u.s. has an “underlying condition.” You’re distorting the statistics to promote an agenda.
No I'm not. I'm presenting a very large discrepancy in the data itself. Any inference you chose to make is therefore based on inconsistent data.
The choice on how to understand it is yours, I've led you to water.
Besides you need to renormalize the data based on demographic and at risk population as well as taking into account frankly several years of good fortune with regard to flu seasons and being prepared with working flu jabs ahead of time.
I'm not saying your wrong I'm just explaining how the data your using is faulty. Go away find a trusted source who can help understand the details and not just compare 2 big flat numbers that don't reflect the actual situation.
2 big numbers make for nice headlines though. Which again for agendas very well.
Ironically nobody listens to my point that we should have been innoculating at risk people as early as may 2020 when trials started, so frankly I'm not bothered with being accused of fitting an agenda. I'm not, only really to say that the politicalisation of this has distorted data and people's thinkings in a way that's needlessly cost lives. Please stop reading sensationalist numbers without understanding what it means in context.
If you're comparing to the flu you have to compare apples to apples, you can't just exclude people who are more likely to have a bad outcome from covid. You are the one who is creating the discrepancy.