Fact Check: Did the US have no deaths due to the flu in 2020?

While coronavirus pandemic seems to be un-dislodgable in daily lives of people, re has been a huge breakout of fake claims and misleing information. re is a bunch of fake information and news that one can find on internet that can prove to be very harmful as well. One of most recent posts shared by American users was fact that 2020 did t see anyone die from flu, and it happened for first time in history.

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mess was first shared by a user on Facebook. post talked about how re were deaths due to flu of any American in year 2020. post furr claimed that it is first time in history that something like this has occurred. post says that even after this, 80 thousand people died from Coronavirus. Using foul langu, he asked if people are really believing everything that's being ‘shoved down your throat’. Here is screenshot of post:

(Source: John Formato Facebook)

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claims in post were also me on Twitter. People started tweeting about how re were flu cases in 2020 in America. tweet questions if coronavirus deaths are happening as it is taking all flu recipients as well. 

news shared by this misleing tweet is fake. Centres of Disease Control and Prevention tracks an estimate of number of flu cases and deaths that have occurred in US. According to its official website, around 24,000 to 62,000 flu deaths have occurred between October 1, 2019, through April 4, 2020.

(Source: CDC's official site)

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first two weeks of 2020 show that re have been 887 deaths due to flu in America

National Center of Health Statistics also collects estimated weekly information of flu deaths, based on death certificate data. estimates by NCHS show that more than 7,500 Americans died from flu between January 5 and May 9, 2020. Below is screenshot of first two weeks of year 2020 and number of deaths in US due to influenza.

(Source: CDC's official site)

Week 1 shows that 422 deaths were recorded due to influenza in 2020. Week 2 shows that 465 deaths occurred because of flu. This proves that claim of re being deaths due to flu in 2020 is fake.

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Google Trends Analysis

Looking at multiple posts being shared on social media, many people searched for facts related to flu death toll and flu death rate on Google as well. An analysis of Google Trends shows that re has been a constant increase and decrease in searches. It saw its peak on May 24, 2020, around 6.30 PM. Below is also related queries done on Google.

(Source: Google Trends)

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