One in ten US deaths last week were due to pneumonia, flu, or COVID-19.

That's about a 50% higher rate than the CDC's epidemic threshold.

Bottom line: this country is in the midst of a severe respiratory disease epidemic that nobody's talking about.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm

Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report

Learn more about the weekly influenza surveillance report (FluView) prepared by the Influenza Division.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
@escott Probably more like a severe nutrition epidemic.
@Gundam_net @escott we already knew americans were widely deficient in many micronutrients but the one thing that has changed to make that situation even worse is the circulation of a virus that causes immune dysfunction
@currentbias @escott It's hard to walk the line between truthfulness and brutal honesty, but even vegan diets are lacking important micronutrients that involve immune response such as the zinc:copper ratio which can't be balanced well without eating meat. Besides taking zinc supplements daily. Along with vit. b12, unless they eat seaweed regularly which is not a cultural norm so it is doubtful.