Peater Piper
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I was being somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Because of the way China tests and classifies flu deaths, it looks like almost no one dies from it. The reality is probably closer to 100k flu deaths per year in China. Meanwhile, the CDC uses a model to calculate flu cases and deaths. They take the officially reported numbers and then compensate for under reporting. In other words, China massively under reports, and the USA over reports. It makes comparisons between the severity of the flu and COVID-19 difficult, since China's almost certainly fudging those numbers as well.50 people out of official 1.386.000.000 people?
So Chinese Ethnics, Mongol Ethnics and Manchurian Ethnics are immune to flu even if the country is heavily polluted and people work like slaves all day? Those are some good genes and only perfect foods without toxins.
Then US is one of the worst countries to live in, with an estimate death of 61.000 deaths in 2019 due to flu for a population of only 327.000.000
Data methods show gap between US, Chinese flu-related deaths - Global Times
Why Aren’t People in China Dying of the Flu? - Caixin Global