Is a "Double Death Hump" Possible This "PIC" Season?
Euromomo's relatively severe 2017-18 Flu ("PI") winter had a "double hump" so it would seem possible...
There is precedent in Euromomo’s 2017-18 relatively severe flu (“PI” = Pneumonia + Influenza") season.
So we shouldn’t be surprised if it happens regardless of “scariants”.
Note that I am using the CDC’s redefinition of the “PI” season (which has traditionally started on week 40) as the new “PIC” (Pneumonia/ Influenza/ Covid) season which also starts on week 40...
More on seasonality coming up…
UPDATE: It occurred to me that some may not realize that while this is a linear chart (good), it is not zero-based (bad). Here’s what the zero based version looks like. Not quite as daunting of course re the scale of excess deaths compared to normal deaths.
And BTW, if we do have a double hump (which is more applicable to the EU due to heavily “temperate” seasonality) the vaccines causing it is also not out of the running unfortunately.