Augie RayApr 22, 2023

#COVID19 is NOT just the flu! Not only can you get COVID multiple times a year (compared to once a decade with flu) data from Winter 2022-23 shows the fatality rate is 61% 🔼 with COVID. More data:

- Under 65, COVID & flu death risk are the same. Over 65, COVID death rate is 78% 🔼.

- Death rate goes down with vaccinations: 132% 🔼 for unvaccinated, 66% 🔼 for 1/2 doses, and 38% 🔼 than flu for the boosted.

- COVID reinfection deaths are 34% 🔼 than flu reinfection deaths.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2803749

Risk of Death in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 vs Seasonal Influenza in 2022-2023

This study uses data from the US Department of Veterans Affairs to assess whether SARS-CoV-2 remains associated with higher risk of death compared with seasonal influenza in fall-winter 2022-2023.

Show threadArnan de GansApr 22, 2023
@augieray you can have flu multiple times a year, certainly every year...
Show threadAugie Ray
@arnandegans You CAN have the flu that often. But data shows people DO get it once or twice a decade.
Apr 22, 2023 at 8:10pmWeb
Show threadArnan de GansApr 22, 2023
@augieray That's not what you meant in your first post though - It strongly implied that flu is a once a decade thing.
Plus, 61% mortality for the chinese plague? More like 3-5% if you look at WHO numbers. For example 300k dead from 7.8million sick in Mexico (where I live).
If you look at the global numbers and see 600something million got sick, that would mean that 300million+ died according to your 61%? Which is clearly not true.