@ewinsberg @SlobodanIsFree Do you mean the evidence that "the flu" (likely a bunch of different viruses that cause flu-like symptoms) sometimes resulted in an awful lot of excess deaths in some countries? I remember he cited some reports about this, but I don't remember if there were data on the number of
@ewinsberg @SlobodanIsFree hospitalizations and the like. Because in the case of France, I looked (after this conversation with him actually), and it's pretty clear that what is currently happening is very different from anything that happened with "the flu" in recent years. Or are you referring to
@ewinsberg @SlobodanIsFree something else? Because at least in terms of the amount of stress it puts the hospital system, this is definitely no flu. Perhaps in the end it won't cause that much more excess deaths, this is possible, but if we're trying to explain the difference between e. g. Italy and
@ewinsberg @SlobodanIsFree Germany this is largely irrelevant unless it can be shown that sometimes "the flu" put that many people, that fast in the hospital. And at least based on French data it's very clear that it didn't.
