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If so, then over the next 100 years it has killed many more than 40M.
by projektfu 7y ago
If so, then over the next 100 years it has killed many more than 40M.
- monadic2 7y agoWhat tense are you using?
- Supermancho 7y agoOver the next hundred years, meaning from 1918 to 2018, since there is an implied starting date from the subject matter. English is a high context language.
- mirimir 7y agoI think that "the following hundred years" would be clearer.
- baddox 7y agoI also like “subsequent.”
- kqr 7y agoAren't "next", "subsequent" and "following" nearly synonyms?
- InitialLastName 7y agoyep, nearly synonyms, which is why reasonable people who are native English speakers are able to disagree about which is best-suited to fit this sentence.
- irishcoffee 7y agoI think reasonable people understood the sentence.
- mirimir 7y agoTrue. I did, and was being ironically pedantic.
- baddox 7y agoYes.
- abiogenesis 7y agoThe World Health Organization estimates that worldwide, annual influenza epidemics result in about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths.
- pibefision 7y agoYes, but it is not contagious as covid19 is.
- easytiger 7y agoThat's not true. The problem is that a subset of persons require ventilation to survive more so than flu
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoWhy Covid-19 is worse than the flu, in one chart https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/3/18/21184992/coronavirus-covid-19-flu-comparison-chart https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/3/18/21184992/co... on edit: furthermore https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/keyfacts.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/keyfacts.htm says the range of people catching the flu per season is 3% and 11% whereas the estimates for catching Covid-19 are generally around 40-70%
- empath75 7y agothe second number will decline after everyone catches it, obviously.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agowhat is the second number you refer to?
- abiogenesis 7y agoI believe they meant the "40-70%" figure.