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> I am not sure if we can compare COVID-19 against the horrors of two world wars where tens of millions died People compare COVID-19 with the 1918 epidemic all
by est31 6y ago
> I am not sure if we can compare COVID-19 against the horrors of two world wars where tens of millions died
People compare COVID-19 with the 1918 epidemic all the time, and that epidemic has killed more people than WW1. COVID-19 is currently off by a factor of 100, but it's not over yet. We don't know what the final death count will be, but it'll likely be (much) smaller.