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Originally Posted by lmtada
X2. Good point Dean. Flu kills 50,000 Americans year, likely 4-5,000 Canadians annually. Yes 400,000 world wide. Media needs drama to sell.
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Don’t think these numbers are correct. It can’t kill 400k worldwide and 50k in the US. USA’s population is roughly 4% of the world’s. 50 our of 400 is 12%; in other words, 12% of all flu victims die in the United States. Considering their health services are not the worst in the world, one or both of these stats don’t make any sense. Same goes for Canada. Having population of only 0.5% of the global population, we can’t have 1%+ of all flu related deaths happening here in the country. Numbers are surely wrong.