80,000 people died of flu last winter in US

[Kaido]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/apnewsbreak-80-000-people-died-flu-last-winter-193845195.html

 

[spacejamz]

wow..that was a pretty big spike compared to previous years...

In recent years, flu-related deaths have ranged from about 12,000 to — in the worst year — 56,000, according to the CDC.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That's insane! Did not realize flu was THAT lethal, I knew it had a chance of causing death but thought it was more if there were other issues or preexisting conditions.

 

[UglyCasanova]

How many got autism from the vaccination though?

 

[Chaotic42]

I almost died due to it. They weren't sure I was going to make it the first night in ICU.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Did you make it?

 

[repoman0]

That's insane! Did not realize flu was THAT lethal, I knew it had a chance of causing death but thought it was more if there were other issues or preexisting conditions.

I take it you've never heard of this?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journal-plague-year-180965222/

 

[highland145]

B.S., OP

The influenza yearly OMGWTFBBQ is corporate profits driven.

:colbert; I'm still alive.


And peanut allergies should be introduced to every kid.

 

[Kaido]

That's insane! Did not realize flu was THAT lethal, I knew it had a chance of causing death but thought it was more if there were other issues or preexisting conditions.

NSFL story about Alaska's 1918 Spanish influenza

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I bet more people killed themselves by gun than the flu did. But I could be proven wrong.

 

[Kaido]

I bet more people killed themselves by gun than the flu did. But I could be proven wrong.

Suicide by gun was about 22,000 last year:

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm

Death by gun violence was about 15,000 last year:

https://twitter.com/GunDeaths/status/947931171828011008/photo/1

So about 37,000 people in total died from guns in America in 2017, or just under half of what the death-by-flu rate was that year.

 

[highland145]

Suicide by gun was about 22,000 last year:

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm

Death by gun violence was about 15,000 last year:

https://twitter.com/GunDeaths/status/947931171828011008/photo/1

So about 37,000 people in total died from guns in America in 2017, or just under half of what the death-by-flu rate was that year.

If you take the flu away from people, they'll just use ebola.

 

[zinfamous]

If you take the flu away from people, they'll just use ebola.

I don't know man, hanta virus is much easier to contract in the US. Just rub some "house mouse" (likely p. leucopus) poop in your eyes and you're good to go!

 

[JoeBleed]

I don't know man, hanta virus is much easier to contract in the US. Just rub some "house mouse" (likely p. leucopus) poop in your eyes and you're good to go!

I thought i read whooping cough and or polio was making a comeback due to anti-vaxers. seems that would be a good substitute.

 

[realibrad]

How many got autism from the vaccination though?

None of the 80k got autism. Miss me with that autism shit boi.

 

[snoopy7548]

I'm ashamed to say I never got a regular flu shot for probably the past ~10 years (during and after college, no primary physician), but as of a few years ago I started getting it. No reason not to; it's free at CVS (if you have insurance) and you might only have to wait ~10 minutes.

Doesn't matter if you're a young, healthy person - you don't want to risk infecting (whether first, second or third+ hand) an older person or kid.

 

[local]

I had two Aunts die from it less than a week apart in January. Well, technically they died from complications but they are still linked officially. One had an aneurysm and the other had a runaway bronchitis infection at the same time.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Suicide by gun was about 22,000 last year:

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm

Death by gun violence was about 15,000 last year:

https://twitter.com/GunDeaths/status/947931171828011008/photo/1

So about 37,000 people in total died from guns in America in 2017, or just under half of what the death-by-flu rate was that year.

Thanks, Kaido. Now me see Flu as being more to focus on than mental health related deaths.

 

[highland145]

I don't know man, hanta virus is much easier to contract in the US. Just rub some "house mouse" (likely p. leucopus) poop in your eyes and you're good to go!

Sounds kinky.

 

[zinfamous]

I thought i read whooping cough and or polio was making a comeback due to anti-vaxers. seems that would be a good substitute.

oh yeah, that's a good one. Pertussis.

....but polio? Holy shit if that makes a real comeback. I've heard that there are increasing cases in certain parts of the world (where it has pretty much persisted, anyway, due to endlessly failed governments), but not developed nations, yet?

 

[zinfamous]

Sounds kinky.

Look, I'm not going to admit to complete knowledge of what's going on in my basement at any given hour.

 

[highland145]

Look, I'm not going to admit to complete knowledge of what's going on in my basement at any given hour.

Stop leaving the key under the mat and ....people...will stop fondling your mice.

 

[Jeeebus]

I'm on the tail end of the flu. Yesterday I was completely knocked out most of the day. Few days of productivity flushed down the toilet, though I suppose that's better than outright death.

 

[highland145]

I'm on the tail end of the flu. Yesterday I was completely knocked out most of the day. Few days of productivity flushed down the toilet, though I suppose that's better than outright death.

Dang that's early. Sure it wasn't antifreeze or rat poison?

 

[BurnItDwn]

That's insane! Did not realize flu was THAT lethal, I knew it had a chance of causing death but thought it was more if there were other issues or preexisting conditions.

A lot of people get a little cold and are sick a few days and they think they had "the flu."
In reality, the flu wants to kill you, and it will do everything in it's power to make you suffer until you die.

That is why flu shots are recommended.