the numbers vs media reaction

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[–]dashiefan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, but the amount of COVID-19 cases is rapidly increasing. It will probably never reach the death rates of hunger or anything, but it's still quite a significant number. According to Worldometers, there are already 43K COVID-19 deaths, while there are only about 122-123K seasonal flu deaths.

So in the time since the chart was made, the amount of deaths from COVID-19 has increased by 104%. Seasonal flu, on the other hand has increased by 8%. It's been projected to reach 1 million deaths in not much time at all.