This is from the CDC’s official web site, regarding two previous flu epidemics:
CDC estimates that influenza was associated with more than 35.5 million illnesses, more than 16.5 million medical visits, 490,600 hospitalizations, and 34,200 deaths during the 2018–2019 influenza season. This burden was similar to estimated burden during the 2012–2013 influenza season1.
And here is the CDC’s official estimate of the number of cases and deaths up to April 11, 2020:
COVID-19: U.S. at a Glance*†
In other words, the current flu —COVID19 — has caused, so far, a little over half the deaths of each of two previous ones, in 2018-19, and 2012-13.
- Total cases: 492,416
- Total deaths: 18,559
In 2018-19, there were 35.5 million cases. This year, up to April 11, there were 492,416 cases. So there were 72 times the number of flu cases in 2018-19 as there are now of COVID 19 cases.
Perhaps I have misread or misunderstood the figures, and perhaps someone can correct me, if this is so. But if I'm understanding this correctly, it is a pretty serious indication that COVID 19 is being exaggerated enormously.
Why? Who might stand to gain from such a trick? Knowing this would suggest a motivation for such deception. Catherine Austin-Fitts proposes that it was intended to produce at least one result, which it has: the destruction of many small businesses, leaving only the giants standing. A massive step in centralizing control.