At 23:06 02/03/2020, John Whittington wrote:
>I've seen that 0.1% figure for 'flu quoted recently (in relation to
>these comparisons with covid19), but I find it hard to make sense of
>it. If one believes the figures I posted, indication 20,000+
>'flu-related deaths per year in England, that would imply that 10
>million people in England (about 20% of the entire population) get
>'flu ever year - which sounds like a nonsense.
I need to learn to do basic arithmetic!! - if 20,000 deaths is 0.1%
of cases, there would be about 20 million cases (~40% of England
population), not 10 million, so even less credible than I suggested!
Kind Regards,
John
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