In the 2019-2020 season, the IFR for symptomatic cases was. That season was atypical, with more cases of severe flu for all ages. 126%, according to a CDC report of deaths from the 2017-2018 flu season. In one particularly bad season, the IFR for symptomatic influenza A was. The infection fatality rate for the flu is much lower. The study had taken that figure from a meta-analysis of other studies, published in September 2020. The CDC included the figure in a report on the findings of an outside peer-reviewed study. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in April that the infection fatality rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. That’s about six times lower than the figure WHO pointed us to. Seasonal influenza has an infection fatality ratio of about 0.1%, subject to fluctuations. The WHO said that it does not have a single global estimate for the infection fatality ratio of COVID-19, but that previous studies have estimated it at around 0.6%. The World Health Organization said in an emailed statement that it never said that COVID-19 is no more dangerous than the common flu. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. "Even the WHO has conceded that the virus, regardless of whether it is fully or semi-artificial or natural, is no more dangerous than the common flu, with an infection fatality rate of 0.14%," he said in the video posted Dec.
Reiner Fuellmich, a German lawyer who has spread misinformation about the origins of COVID-19 and the accuracy of PCR tests, is in a video shared on Facebook in which he downplays the severity of the coronavirus.įuellmich claimed that the World Health Organization has said that COVID-19 is no more dangerous than the flu.
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