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[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 103 points 2 years ago

In the "quiet" COVID month of July 1990 people died of COVID, compared to 86 people with influenza.

And that's a quiet month.

[-] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 261 points 2 years ago

Read July 1990 as a date not: in July, 1990 people

[-] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 86 points 2 years ago

God thank you for the clarification. For a quick second I thought I had jumped the timeline to one where Clinton handled COVID.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

"I did not have sexual relations with that chinese bat"

[-] Metatronz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Sure you didn't, buddy. We know it was thick and don't blame ya.

[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I too was perplexed... ๐Ÿ˜‚

[-] knorke3@lemm.ee 43 points 2 years ago

Read "read" as imperative rather than past tense

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

mentally inserted a comma between past and tense, tense

[-] June@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

Lmao so did I. I was so confused.

[-] MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it took me way too long.

[-] triclops6@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

Read "Read" as a command instead of a past tense :)

Tough day for keyboards today

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I will send back this PR as an incorrect date format, I already am triggered by this lack of a comma

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

worldwide, US or other country?

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This includes deaths from covid-induced pneumonia, and influenza has higher seasonality. Including deaths from influenza-induced pneumonia, not cherry picking a summer month, and using a per capita statistic shows that covid is more deadly than the flu, but only about twice as deadly, not almost 24 times more deadly as your comment implies. Further, if you are under 50, the mortality rates for influenza are roughly equal or lower than covid depending on your age. Flu is much more likely to be disastrous for young children than covid.

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