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But this is not representative of the typical flu level over the years. If it were an experiment, the 2017-2018 level you are quoting and matching with the US would be a far outlier for the UK. Is 27 per 100,000, the typical level?Greg Bernhardt said:
This is not representative of the flu level in the UK over the years. If, fact in this very article you quote it says its at least double the level of what it should normally be. So is this the typical level in the US or was there an epidemic? Because the UK would then typically have have half or less of the flu related deaths than the US, relative to population size.BWV said:
You're the one claiming it is not, can you back that up?JamesPhD said:
JamesPhD said: