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I do believe you are underscoring the average morality due to flu, by tens of thousands on average. The CDC gives the wide range of 12,000 - 61,000
You should know that is not the annual recorded deaths due to influenza alone or deaths due to influenza + pneumonia, both of which we have the actual data on. The underlying assumptions for “flu burden estimate” are described here and are incredibly flimsy and inflated imo. Another instance of trying to generate hysteria for their own purposes.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/how-cdc-estimates.htm
especially given the 'Karen effect' you've pointed out, which arises at least in part from the tendency of women to use virtuous behaviors and utterances as a kind of social currency.
You noticed. Ladies love crusades. It does seem to be a currency among ourselves. I think its estrogen. Over time I feel less of a need to give a fuck about what other women think of me, whether they think Im a nice person. When I was younger I really cared alot about that shit. Women really try to regulate the shit out of each other. There is something about being female and having some sort of pathological need to make the world fair for everybody. I suppose its useful in some contexts. But not as governor of Michigin. I guess we’re just nosey busy bodies.
I used to think you were named chiro because you said you worked in a chiropractor’s once. But now I think it must be chi rho. Am I right? You dont have to tell me, Im just being a nosey busy body.
I was only aware that those figures were the results of statistical models, and not actual data, but I was under the impression that this was due to limitations in reporting standards - something about how cases of influenza and influenza death weren't actually required to be reported as such and yada yada, and so it required estimation. If I'm honest, I haven't dived too deeply into it. That alone doesn't cause me to look at the 400k and think it's any more reliable, as if I wanted to say: "Yeah, but 50k of that could have been from flu!" I don't know if I'm being clear. A person could try to attack that figure by saying, "Well, it's actually less because influenza counted for a ton of it." What I'm saying is if I made that appeal, and it fails for the reasons you point out, it's still possible to doubt the 400k. You've just limited my options!
You dont have to tell me, Im just being a nosey busy body.
Haha. I don't mind at all. It's no secret. I did work in a chiropractic office. There was a time when chiropractice was the goal. It is the reason for my name, but I like the one you came up with more.
That alone doesn't cause me to look at the 400k and think it's any more reliable, as if I wanted to say: "Yeah, but 50k of that could have been from flu!" I don't know if I'm being clear. A person could try to attack that figure by saying, "Well, it's actually less because influenza counted for a ton of it."
There could be 50k flu deaths in the covid number. But you still have to explain the relative increase from the previous year . Which could be fraudulent “deaths” or some back log of dead people but it just doesnt feel likely because too many people are involved in rolling up that data — they arent all orthodox jews so one is likely to spill the beans sooner or later.
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It actually sometimes makes me think of chiron, who was also super smart, and kind of a cute horsey character to boot. Not to imply that you are horsey. But it would be kind of neat if you were.
I share with him the cuteness and the frightening genitalia.
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