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Flu cases skyrocket across the U.S. (www.cbsnews.com)

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Nearly five million flu cases have been reported nationwide, the CDC estimates, and at least 1,900 people have died from the virus. "CBS Saturday Morning" has more on why this year's strain is breaking records.

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Can we even trust the numbers from the CDC anymore?

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 3 days ago

We can trust that it’s far worse than what they’ll admit

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can we trust CBS?

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Mama can I trust the government?

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

When it doesn't fit their narratives, yes.

And when it does fit their narratives, we can still check who was involved in the work and what incentives they were under.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

No, but you can cross-reference it with flu rates in other regions. Numbers are skyrocketing globally this year. Europe is seeing some of the worst numbers since pre-Covid.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

The people doing the actual work for the cdc are trustworthy. It's their mouthpieces that are corrupted.

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

they also test shit water and yeah lots of flu in the poo