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Until the dust settles on COVID-19 this is all speculation. I have a question about the Spanish Flu. Most reliable literature CDC, WHO lost the CFR for the Sp
by watertom 7y ago
Until the dust settles on COVID-19 this is all speculation.
I have a question about the Spanish Flu.
Most reliable literature CDC, WHO lost the CFR for the Spanish Flu at 2.5. This makes no sense to me.
The Spanish flu killed between 50-100 Million people, 3-6% of the world’s population, it infected about 500 Million people, so why isn’t the CFR between 10-20%?
- maxerickson 7y agoHow does the proximate cause of death factor into the CFR? In 1918, most of the deaths were from secondary infections: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/bacterial-pneumonia-caused-most-deaths-1918-influenza-pandemic https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/bacterial-pneu...