How do we know how many of the deaths in the column "Pneumonia, Influenza or COVID" will wind up being pneumonia or influenza, and how many will be COVID? It's confusing. Maybe that's the intent, to confuse rather than to inform?
I think "Pneumonia, Influenza or COVID" is their new "Infulenza-Like Illness" (ILI) classification.
Basically if someone has flu-like symptoms but they haven't specifically tested positive for COVID of Influenza they are considered to have "flu-like symptoms".
I'm honestly kind of shocked that they're rolling COVID in with all ILI. It will make it very easy to compare total flu deaths to past years with COVID's impact accounted for.
How do we know how many of the deaths in the column "Pneumonia, Influenza or COVID" will wind up being pneumonia or influenza, and how many will be COVID? It's confusing. Maybe that's the intent, to confuse rather than to inform?
I think "Pneumonia, Influenza or COVID" is their new "Infulenza-Like Illness" (ILI) classification.
Basically if someone has flu-like symptoms but they haven't specifically tested positive for COVID of Influenza they are considered to have "flu-like symptoms".
I'm honestly kind of shocked that they're rolling COVID in with all ILI. It will make it very easy to compare total flu deaths to past years with COVID's impact accounted for.