CNN: 80,000 dead from flu in 2017. Dont recall shutting America down
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Bc the flu is being treated as irrelevant, remember?
"A review of 206 published infectious outbreaks in elderly care facilities across 19 countries over 40 years identified 37 different pathogens, but influenza viruses caused the largest number of outbreaks (23%).17 In the 49 outbreaks caused by influenza, the median attack rate in residents was 33% (range 4‐94%), and 23% (range 3‐58%) among staff, with a median case‐fatality rate for residents of 6.5% (range 0‐55%)." link
Source for 30 people from one facility being wiped out in two weeks?
Edit/ assume you are talking about Life Care Center of Kirkland: 1st two deaths on Feb 26th. By March 18th 35 deaths linked to the center (34 residents). all in all, 101 out of 120 residents diagnosed and 34 died (33.7%).
yes this virus hits elderly bad, hence why centers like those have huge numbers, but I can remember "no visitors" a few years back when my Grandpa was in one. These people will die regardless, thats why most are there, its not hospice, but usually the last step or close to it.
Me neither, but what does that have to do with it?
Yes. It's one elderly care facility. Now if this was happening across all of them then maybe there would be something to go nuts about.