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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BMJ
https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2514
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that in the US there were 1.8 deaths from flu per 100 000 population between 1999 and 2019.8 The estimated death rate from covid was 217.54 per 100 000 in the US and 206.73 per 100 000 in the UK.
The global figure for the covid-19 death rate is estimated at 279 per 100 000 population.
In the UK the Health Foundation has articulated the difference in impact between flu and covid in terms of life years. “In a bad flu year on average around 30 000 people in the UK die from flu and pneumonia, with a loss of around 250 000 life years. This is a sixth of the life years lost to covid-19,” it noted.
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It does reference Worldometers in the notes, which isn't considered the most accurate, but also contains other sources.