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cord-303656-wtqwghon	Faust, Jeremy	Relative disease burdens of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza in New York City, February 1 - April 18, 2020.	2020-04-27		.txt	text/plain	1435	77	55	Comparisons between the mortality burdens of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza often fail to account for the fact that the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports annual influenza mortality estimates which are calculated based upon a series of assumptions about the underreporting of flu deaths. In this report, we compare COVID-19 death counts to seasonal influenza death counts in New York City during the interval from February 1 April 18, 2020. Seasonal influenza mortality is reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as adjusted estimates, and also includes pneumonia deaths caused by other pathogens. Here, we compare the excess deaths in New York City to seasonal influenza counted deaths over the 76-day interval, as well as counted COVID-19 deaths as reported by the CDC and the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYDOH).	./cache/cord-303656-wtqwghon.txt	./txt/cord-303656-wtqwghon.txt