U.S. residents ages 18 and older
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ACEP Now: Vol 40 – No 05 – May 2021Average reported influenza deaths
2016–2020 seasons (Week 40 through Week 10) 6,990
2020–2021 season (Week 40 through Week 10) 571 – A 92% Decrease
Reported COVID-19 deaths
2020–2021 (Week 40 through Week 10) 329,725
U.S. residents ages 0-17
Average reported influenza deaths
2016–2020 seasons (Week 40 through Week 10) 141
2020–2021 season (Week 40 through Week 10) 3 – A 98% Decrease
Reported COVID-19 deaths
2020–2021 (Week 40 through Week 10) 134
Source: CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report
Compiled by Jeremy Samuel Faust, MD, MS, FACEP, instructor at Harvard Medical School, attending physician in the department of emergency medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and Medical Editor in Chief of ACEP Now.
One Response to “By the Numbers: The 2021 Flu Season”
January 7, 2022
SkrefI find it wild that basically as soon as Covid-19 showed up, influenza cases suddenly slowed down dramatically. As if the flu suddenly vanished for the year of 2020-2021. I think If these stats were pushed out like the media reports on Covid-19, people would certainly be outraged by the “cover up” that we have been exposed too. I am but a simpleton though and as such, I take the news worth a grain of salt. What a time to be alive.