And this is according to the numbers provided directly from the CDC:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6421a5.htm
The lies need to stop. We talk about evidence-based practice, so let’s look at what the evidence says.
As of today’s date there are 322,014,008 people living in the USA. http://www.census.gov/popclock/
The CDC says that
During September 28, 2014–May 23, 2015, World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System collaborating laboratories in the United States tested 691,952 specimens for influenza viruses; 125,462 (18.1%) were positive.
So there were only 125,462 cases of confirmed influenza for last year’s flu season in the United States. Out of 322,014,008 people, this accounts for 0.0004% of the population that actually had confirmed influenza and not just flu-like illness.
Furthermore, the CDC states that out of these 125,462 cases,
17,911 total hospitalizations resulting from influenza during October 1, 2014–April 30, 2015
So, if only 17,911 people are hospitalized, how on earth can 30,000 people be dead of the US of influenza?
And among the adults that were hospitalized, most had other conditions that also contributed to their hospitalization as…