When talking about mortality rates I don't think it is easy to make a comparison of these two virus. Firstly, the medical technologies of 1918 were nothing lik

When talking about mortality rates I don't think it is easy to make a comparison of these two virus. Firstly, the medical technologies of 1918 were nothing like what we have today. For example, even though it would have been no help fighting Spanish Flu, wide spread use of penicillin was still some 20 years, showing just how far behind the medical system of that time really was. That difference also shows up in things like life expectancy which back then was in the low 50s where as today it is in the 70s. Finally the two virus are very different. One factor that made the Spanish Flu virus so deadly was it killed both young and old. If COVID-19 had the same death profile I suspect we would be seeing those same 750,000 totals.