Tony Tam

Scare of the Coronavirus? How many people died in 2009 from the flu virus worldwide?

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Tony Tam
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“Worldwide, seasonal influenza epidemics cause 3 million to 5 million severe cases every year and kill up to 650,000 people a year, according to the World Health Organization.
  1. CDC report https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html
  2. It is more contagious according to the NYTimes.