[matheweis]

How is that statistic not severely flawed?

Unless they are performing large scale sampling of the general population, the denominator (cases of confirmed influenza) is potentially much larger in practice.

Moreso because it seems likely that the confirmed cases are sampled from the sickest population seeking treatment.

And this article is further evidence of exactly this, since the "silent infections" here were previously uncounted.

[ethbr1]

>.< This feels like having COVID arguments again.

We both understand that pandemics don't happen under controlled, fully observable situations, yes?

And therefore must be studied and predicted based on incomplete information?

And this has been the case since the dawn of epidemiology?