New ask Hacker News story: 2019-20 flu season: 0.02% total excess deaths in Europe
2019-20 flu season: 0.02% total excess deaths in Europe
2 by alejohausner | 3 comments on Hacker News.
EuroMOMO tracks mortality statistics from european countries. I went to EuroMOMO.com, and looked at their charts. By adding up the number from 2019 week 40 to 2019 to week 20, which covers the usual flu season, I came up with 100,804 excess deaths. The same period in the 2017-2018 winter season gave me 59,718 excess deaths (the 2018-19 flu season was less deadly). The population of countries that participate in EuroMOMO is 468 million people. This tells me that the excess death rate this flu season was 0.022%, compared to 0.013% for the 2017-2018 season. This was a bad season, but not apocalyptic by any means. Should health agencies take credit for a successful intervention, or is covid-19 just not as deadly as first feared?
2 by alejohausner | 3 comments on Hacker News.
EuroMOMO tracks mortality statistics from european countries. I went to EuroMOMO.com, and looked at their charts. By adding up the number from 2019 week 40 to 2019 to week 20, which covers the usual flu season, I came up with 100,804 excess deaths. The same period in the 2017-2018 winter season gave me 59,718 excess deaths (the 2018-19 flu season was less deadly). The population of countries that participate in EuroMOMO is 468 million people. This tells me that the excess death rate this flu season was 0.022%, compared to 0.013% for the 2017-2018 season. This was a bad season, but not apocalyptic by any means. Should health agencies take credit for a successful intervention, or is covid-19 just not as deadly as first feared?
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