The Flu does not Kill 36,000 - 80,000 Americans a year

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been inflating flu deaths for more than a decade now. The CDC’s own data dismisses their claim that Influenza kills 36,000–80k Americans every year.

As you can see in the image (or on page 31 of the linked CDC document), the CDC has been adding all pneumonia deaths into the flu statistic and calling them both “flu deaths.”

Of the 55,672 alleged Influenza & Pneumonia deaths reported, only 6,515 of them were from the flu. The problem with that number? The most common cause of pneumonia is bacterial, not viral, and there are at least a dozen viruses that can cause viral pneumonia, the flu being only one of them.

We find this same scenario playing out every year that "flu deaths" are reported. Here’s the report from 2017 (page 35):

Does it strike anyone as odd that the exact same number of deaths were counted for "Influenza and pneumonia" in 2019 as 2017?

It shouldn't strike anyone as odd because the CDC does not actually record or report actual flu deaths. The only flu deaths that are directly reported are pediatric flu deaths. Instead of tallying actual flu death statistics, the CDC uses a formula to "estimate" the number of flu deaths in any given year.

Don't take my word for it, though; this is according to the CDC's own admission (paragraph 10):

The cumulative burden of influenza is an estimate of the number of people who have been sick, seen a healthcare provider, been hospitalized, or died as a result of influenza since October 01, 2018. CDC does not know the exact number of people who have been sick and affected by influenza because influenza is not a reportable disease in most areas of the United States. (emphasis added)

That’s why the numbers for 2019 & 2017 are exactly the same: the flu death numbers are not based on actual deaths. Flu hospitalizations aren't even based on actual hospitalizations either. The reason they cannot give an accurate tally of flu deaths and flu hospitalizations is that “influenza is not a reportable disease in most areas of the United States.” You can read all about their flu death extrapolation data here.

If you look through the data, linked above, the CDC admits to very few pediatric flu deaths, which is the only direct reporting of the flu that is required: “No influenza-associated pediatric deaths occurring during the 2020–21 season have been reported to CDC.”

So, the flu allegedly kills between thirty-six-thousand and eighty-thousand Americans every year, and has killed that many, for years, according to CDC 'estimates'.

However, the data tells a different story; when the CDC breaks down all Influenza & Pneumonia deaths, they admit that only just over six thousand deaths occur, and even that isn't from actual data - it's an extrapolation based on pseudoscientific modeling.

So, all of these Americans die from the flu while only one death has been reported for pediatric cases this season, which ARE reportable and based on actual flu deaths/hospitalizations.

That’s because very few children die from the flu. You can see this in the CDC chart below:

As you can see, when actual numbers are reported (pediatric cases), flu deaths do not amount to 200 child deaths in a year, and only one has been reported for 2020–21.

The reason is simple: the flu does not kill tens of thousands of Americans per year. That doesn’t stop them from telling you how effective the flu shot has been, though. Or, at least that was before COVID-19 came around and now they barely ever mention it and reported flu cases are all but non-existent anymore.

It certainly won’t stop them from begging EVERYONE to get a flu shot, especially children and elderly people. In fact, now they're talking about an all-in-one vaccination, like Novavax: "COVID-flu combo vaccine from Novavax sparks immune response to both viruses in animals"

Oh, and before I forget — Make sure you get your flu COVID shot!