CDC Coronavirus 04-01-2020

Flu Cases and Deaths by Year in the United States

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Every day, Monday through Friday, I will try to post an update to the numbers at the bottom of the table. The CDC now says their page will be updated 7 days a week at noon, and that the numbers close out at 4 p.m. ET the day before reporting.

It is important that we keep things in Context and Perspective. Beware of Sensational reports using Anecdotal Evidence implying that the Coronavirus is an Angel of Death; absolutely every other strain of Flu can also be Sensationalized in the same manner, they’re just not.

Season	Reported Cases	Deaths
H1N1 (2009-2010)	60,800,000	12,469
2010-2011	21,286,119	36,656
2011-2012	9,315,621	12,447
2012-2013	33,679,171	42,570
2013-2014	29,739,994	37,930
2014-2015	30,165,452	51,376
2015-2016	23,504,319	22,705
2016-2017	29,220,523	38,230
2017-2018	44,803,629	61,099
2018-2019	35,500,000	34,200
COVID19 (2020)	186,101	3,603

Meanwhile, as the Nation’s attention has been solely focused on the Coronavirus since Jan. 12, 2020, here’s how the other strains of Flu have been ravaging our communities since Oct. 1, 2019. Please be mindful of the victims and their families of these other strains of Flu, because their suffering is being totally ignored by the News Media, as it was last year, and the year before that, and the year before that…

All Other Strains of the Flu	Reported Cases	Deaths
2019-2020 Low estimate	38,000,000	23,000
2019-2020 High estimate	54,000,000	59,000

Note: I am freezing the above numbers for the interim because the CDC has started including Coronavirus numbers. I don’t have an algorithm to remove them in place yet. Besides, these numbers are rounded to the nearest Million with regard to Reported Cases and to the nearest 10’s of Thousands with regard to Deaths; attempting to subtract the Coronavirus numbers just wouldn’t be meaningful at this time.

Sources:

https://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/estimates/April_March_13.htm

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2010-2011.html

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2011-2012.html

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2012-2013.html

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2013-2014.html

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2014-2015.html

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2015-2016.html

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2016-2017.html

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-in-us.html