How many died:
About 100 kids so far.
Then there is the rest of the people. About 10% of all death certificates have flu / flu like illness as cause. So, with 2.4 million dead / year in the USA, that's about 50k/week. So, if 10% of that die from the flu, that's 5k/week, or about 50k people per season. if you say it is 10 weeks long (it is longer, making up for the ramps).
Here is where I have the info from (before my quick math). You can see on the website that it is mainly old people that are hit, but quite a few that are not geriatric as well.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm#MS
ItsMyLife: How Many People Die in America
I guess nobody gets excited about the flu wiping out the elderly because they often were very sick already and if that didn't kill them, something else would soon?
I have had it real good this year, even though I had the shot. Now I should be pretty immune. It has hit some people I know really hard including younger folks. I take the shot every year religiously after being down HARD about 10 years ago.
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