Jiu-Jitsu and Coronavirus: 8 graphics to consider

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  1. Anon says:

    Can you please state the reliable source of your data or link showing that Flu is more fatal than COVID-19 and not just some inforgraphic image.

    Thanks!

  2. matmartial says:

    Hello. Thanks for visiting and thanks very much for your comment.
    The infographic shows that more people die from the flu than the corona virus each day. But your question about whether one virus or the other is “more fatal” is well-taken. It is a difficult question to answer for several reasons. First, health officials are not comparing analogous data sets between the viruses. They have years of influenza data but just months of covid-19 numbers — which are evolving by the day. It’s possible the estimated death rates for the coronavirus might be inflated because a considerable number of people likely have or had the virus but were not diagnosed because their symptoms were too mild to see a doctor. There are likely a number of asymptomatic infections that have not been documented. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a news briefing March 3, 2020, that the global fatality rate for the coronavirus is believed to be about 3.4 percent, higher than the 2.3 percent reported in a China CDC study released in February. But a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week found a fatality rate of 1.4 percent among a group of 1,099 patients, suggesting the rate could be lower than those reported by the WHO and Chinese officials.
    According to data published on 12/13/17 by the CDC in weekly peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet, between 291,000 and 646,000 people worldwide die from seasonal influenza-related respiratory illnesses each year, based on a multinational survey. This estimate excludes deaths during pandemics. “These findings remind us of the seriousness of flu and that flu prevention should really be a global priority,” says Joe Bresee, M.D., associate director for global health in CDC’s Influenza Division and study co-author.

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