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Spanish flu was also "just a flu" and killed between 17 and 50million people world wide Covid19 is more contagious and more deadly than "regular flu"

• the_af 7y ago
  But that's what I'm saying. The flu is already a serious deal and nobody panics. In any case, surely there are some differences between the 1918 world of the Spanish flu and the current world, both in actual medicine and what we learned about how to manage contagious diseases? Maybe the Spanish flu today (I mean, if it started today and hadn't happened before) wouldn't have as many victims.
  • cygx 7y ago
    On the flip side, we're traveling farther in greater numbers than in 1918.
    • anthonypasq 7y ago
      1918 was the height of ww1 btw.