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

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm