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A year's worth of respiratory virus data for Alberta reveals, once again, COVID-19 is far deadlier than the flu.

The death toll due to the two illnesses, combined, topped 900 over the past year.

More than four times as many Albertans died due to COVID compared to influenza.

Alberta's respiratory dashboard shows flu was responsible for 177 deaths while 732 people died of COVID-19 (between Aug. 27, 2023, and Aug. 24, 2024).

"This is continual evidence that COVID is not just another flu," said Craig Jenne, professor in the department of microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases at the University of Calgary, noting influenza is not a benign virus.

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, the current Alberta govt:

🙉

[–] DiabolicalBird@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago

Why do anything when ignoring the problem gets you more votes? The United Clown Party knows what's best!

🤡🤡🤡

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago

Maybe they didn't burn enough oil about it?

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

wonder how the per-capita deaths compare to other provinces, such as BC, Ontario and Quebec

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

provinces

Toronto

I hate you.

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Blah, fair enough, that's what I get for posting before my first coffee.

[–] BreathingUnderWater@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

I've done the same thing once, except it was saying Vancouver instead of British Columbia 🤦‍♀️