They're hardly useless, and if the current virus is killing the same percentage of people as the 1918 flu despite all of our medical advances, that's a strong i

They're hardly useless, and if the current virus is killing the same percentage of people as the 1918 flu despite all of our medical advances, that's a strong indicator the current virus is significantly more potent, which makes the blithe assertion that "the mortality rates aren't all that high" even more dubious.