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May 29, 2023, 8 tweets

Comparative study United States of America - Federal Republic of Germany.

#Epidemiology #Influenza #Covid19 #Mortality

🧵Validated data sources 2015 - 2021:
➡️app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjo…
➡️mpidr.shinyapps.io/stmortality/

The Influenza Epidemic was truly severe in 2018.

USA: >42.000 †
FRG: >25.000 †

Ref:
-cdc.gov/flu/about/burd…
-de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grippesai….


Comparative mortality rates:
➡️mpidr.shinyapps.io/stmortality/

The prevalence of Influenza B in 2018 was high,

but Influenza B (Yamagata) was recently eradicated:

Comparative study United States of America - Federal Republic of Germany.

#Epidemiology

In 2021 there was no Influenza (B) Epidemic.
In 2021 the Coronavirus #Delta became dominant.

USA: >720.000 †
FRG: >120.000 †

➡️mpidr.shinyapps.io/stmortality/

In 2021 there was no Influenza (B) Epidemic, but increased transmissibility and Pandemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 #Delta:

➡️eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…

➡️app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjo…

Mortality rates in 2021 were increasingly higher since #SARSCoV2 #Delta #B16172 spread during Summer.

Comparative mortality rates:
mpidr.shinyapps.io/stmortality/

A longterm perspective would reveal no excess mortality over lower quartile weekly data during years without an epidemic, e.g. 2011 as compared to 2022 in Germany:

➡️mpidr.shinyapps.io/stmortality/

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