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You are referring, I think, to years with pandemics that were not caused by what can be called the 'regular' flu. It's especially comical that you have included
by leto_ii 6y ago
You are referring, I think, to years with pandemics that were not caused by what can be called the 'regular' flu. It's especially comical that you have included the 1918 flu pandemic among your counter-examples.
- leereeves 6y agoWhat is "regular" flu? There are many strains in circulation, including those that caused past pandemics. We have vaccines and acquired immunity, so it's been some time since the last truly deadly flu epidemic, but the flu should not be dismissed so lightly. And why wouldn't I include 1918 in a list of flu pandemics that killed over a million people?
- takeda 6y agoThere are many strains of corona virus as well, most of them cause a simple cold. We are not comparing COVID-19 to a common cold.
- leereeves 6y agoRight, I compared COVID-19 to the worst strains of the flu, not to the common cold. I found that the worst strains of the flu killed more people. But even that simple statement of fact is suppressed, even here on HN, because this issue is so heavily politicized.
- jacobush 6y agoIs it? I see it acknowledged, and often paired with the observation that the worst flus have not been mitigated by extreme social distancing as we have now.
- yxhuvud 6y agoAt least for Sweden, it is still true that the worst flus have killed more people than corona on a per capita basis. And we don't have to go back very far at all to find cases of this. 1993 and 2000 where particularly bad and topped corona. But that is corona with social distancing and very widespread working from home, so it isn't really an apples to apples comparison.