http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8163930.stm
Flu infects 100,000 in past week
with Death Toll 26
Means that
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8159488.stm
Swine flu: how the numbers add up
0.1 - 0.35%
is a massive over-exaggeration.
100,000 infected in a week, yet 26 dead over two months means that one of the articles is spouting nonsense as the death rate has to be lower than 0.026%.
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2 comments:
0.03% it is!
The figures certainly don't stack up. The number of swine flu deaths compared to regular flu deaths is miniscule. So why the hype?
As if we didn't know.
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