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re: Big Ten discussing start of college football season on week of Thanksgiving
Posted on 8/28/20 at 1:47 pm to Rip Torn
Posted on 8/28/20 at 1:47 pm to Rip Torn
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You do realize far more people have been tested for Covid than are ever tested for the flu and it’s not even close? You also realize there are mild cases of the seasonal flu that are never tested that aren’t tabulated into seasonal flu estimates? Even with asymptomatic estimates, Covid is 3-4 times more deadly than the flu. You are correct it isn’t debatable
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In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated in May that the coronavirus kills about 0.26 percent of the people it infects, about 1 in 400 people. New estimates from Sweden suggest that only 1 in 10,000 people under 50 will die from the virus, compared to 1 in 14 of people over 80 and 1 in 6 of those over 90.
CDC Statistics on Covid
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Posted on 8/28/20 at 2:19 pm to DawgsLife
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Here we go:
The article that you cited stated that the death rate is significantly higher than the flu.
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