Time for another update! On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 9:14 AM Meade Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Then: > > H1N1: From 12 April 2009 to 10 April 2010, a study estimated that > approximately 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 > hospitalizations (195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (8868-18,306) > occurred in the United States due to pH1N1. > > > Now: Covid-19: 558,526 cases, 61,201 hospitalized, 22,146 deaths* *The CDC has changed the rules for what is included in the death count, in order to include more cases (i.e. increase the death count). https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/coronavirus/Alert-2-New-ICD-code-introduced-for-COVID-19-deaths.pdf "However, the rules for coding and selection of the underlying cause of death are expected to result in COVID-19 being the underlying cause more often than not." In other words, it is no longer possible to make a fair comparison between then and now. Draw your own conclusions. In the good news department, it appears that the number of new cases and the number of deaths have leveled off and are starting to drop, so the worst is now behind us. https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/26/covid-19-tracker/ ------------- Max Charleston SC _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
