Questions tagged [epidemiology]

The sciences of statistics and systematic analysis applied to the causes of health and disease.

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Does the CDC over-report annual flu deaths in the U.S.?

This blog post claims that the CDC over-reports annual flu deaths in the U.S. by 1000x or more, in an effort to sell flu vaccinations. Yet, their own numbers show 500 deaths in 2010, not 36,000. It goes on further to explain how even the low…
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