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We don't know what the mortality rate is because we don't know how many people have been infected.
by TheBlight 7y ago
We don't know what the mortality rate is because we don't know how many people have been infected.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoBut we know the absolute mortality because people keep dying by the thousands daily and we can measure that.
- cycrutchfield 7y agoIt doesn't matter. Hospitals are being overloaded and people are dying in hallways for lack of care. Ever seen that at this scale in influenza epidemics before? Maybe not since 1918.
- dingaling 7y ago> Maybe not since 1918 1957/58 H2N2 Asian flu 2 million global deaths atrributed 1968 H3N2 Hong Kong flu 1 million global deaths atrributed
- cycrutchfield 7y agoI'm aware. 70k and 100k people in the US died, respectively. This was far short of 1918.