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[–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 143 points 1 year ago (1 children)

people are still dying from COVID & people think it's "old news" lol

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 103 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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 1 year ago (5 children)

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

[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 86 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Metatronz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I too was perplexed... 😂

[–] knorke3@lemm.ee 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Read "read" as imperative rather than past tense

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

mentally inserted a comma between past and tense, tense

[–] June@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao so did I. I was so confused.

[–] MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it took me way too long.

[–] triclops6@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

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

Tough day for keyboards today

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

worldwide, US or other country?

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.