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		watwut on Nov 22, 2020 [flagged] \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When science was the best show in America You are going to be shocked when you learn how flu deaths are counted. Hint: positive test is not even necessary. And fascinatingly, you don't worry at all about people who died without test missing from statistics.

guscost on Nov 22, 2020 [–]

Flu deaths are estimated, not counted. Often victims are not tested for it at all.

> And fascinatingly, you don't worry at all about people who died without test missing from statistics.

Actually “presumed COVID deaths” are included in some states’ numbers, but yes there is some undercounting too.

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