# How do I counter the the flu v COVID-19 argument?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 13, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-counter-the-the-flu-v-covid-19-argument/849427 "2020-03-13T18:15:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-counter-the-the-flu-v-covid-19-argument/849427/143 "2020-03-26T21:19:59Z")

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> [@UltraVires](#):
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> What questions have I refused to answer? I think I am posing questions that others refuse to answer. My point that this is mostly pushing elderly people towards the Pearly Gates has largely gone unrefuted. Maybe we should spend gojillions of dollars and destroy young peoples’ lives to prevent that.

There’s ways to fix economic distress. There’s no way to fix dead.

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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-counter-the-the-flu-v-covid-19-argument/849427/144 "2020-03-28T02:19:19Z")

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This is how you counter that argument…

The number of CDC confirmed cases in the first 65 days:

H1N1:  
April 15, 2009: first infection detected in US  
June 19, 2009: 21,449 cases, 87 deaths in US

COVID-19:  
Jan. 20, 2020: first infection detected in US  
March 25, 2020: 69,344 cases, 1,050 deaths in the US

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-counter-the-the-flu-v-covid-19-argument/849427/145 "2020-12-17T22:50:32Z")

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An update.

In the province of Alberta, more people have died of covid in less than one year than died of flu in the past decade.

> **[COVID-19 has now killed more Albertans than last 10 flu seasons combined |...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-coronavirus-covid-19-deena-hinshaw-1.5843814)**
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> COVID-19 has killed more people in Alberta than the last 10 flu seasons combined, and the number of Albertans aged 20-39 diagnosed with COVID-19 would fill three of the province's stadiums. The sobering statistics were offered by Chief Medical...

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