Trump said the flu was deadlier than COVID-19. The numbers just proved him wrong

[turbinetree]

By Josh Israel -April 20, 2020 9:33 AM

Trump claimed previously that the flu was deadlier than COVID-19, which has now claimed 37,202 lives.

At least 37,202 Americans have now died from COVID-19, according to the CDC. This number is larger than the 37,000 flu deaths from last year that Donald Trump used to minimize the threat from the pandemic just weeks ago.

The first American death from the disease was reported on February 29. Seven weeks later, the death toll has increased by thousands.

But in early March, Donald Trump repeatedly urged Americans not to worry about the coronavirus because it was far less dangerous than seasonal influenza.

"So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year," he tweeted on March 9. "Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!"

https://americanindependent.com/coronavirus-deaths-us-flu-donald-trump-pandemic-covid-19/

Let's see if he gets a question during his next presser about being the #1 agent in failure for pandemic deaths around the world...........doubt it ...

[oasis]

1. Ever seen half the world's population wearing masks because of the flu?

Somebody should ask the "Stable Genius".

[turbinetree]

2. Another good question.................for the "guy" that has "metrics" in his head.......

and his Quote: they are all up there the "metrics", while he points a sexual predator finger to his head ...............

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. The flu is spread out over many months Nov-March. Now we have excess death rates far above flu

Look at the extra pages of obits in Boston and Lombardy Italy.

NYC has about 150 deaths a day. During stay-at-home, traffic accidents are down, as are muggings, etc. But NYC mortality has been running at about 600 deaths a day, an excess of 450. That is not explainable as some kind of flu.

[RB TexLa]

4. And the most important factor in these stats, the timeframe.