Uncle B wrote:
[quote]Fragemeister wrote:
How many people in their 50‘s or younger wind up in ventilator or even get hospitalized due to the flu? Please compare that to the Coronavirus.
800,000 Americans are hospitalized with the flu each year (of @ 60 million who get it). 30,000 to 60,000 die annually from the flu.
1.160 Americans have been hospitalized with Covid-19 per buzzfeed news 14 hours ago
Exactly. If your numbers are right, then that’s about 1.3% hospitalization rate for all people, which is mostly the elderly. We have 15-20% of confirmed cases being hospitalized, including in the 18-49 age range. Perhaps inadequate testing could be responsible for some of that, but that’s 15 times worse.
Also, let’s check-in come April and compare the numbers. You cite year-long stats and compare it to something in its infancy.