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Flu could never kill 2 million (or more) Americans in a single year like COVID can unchecked. The current hysteria is not disproportionate.
by king_magic 6y ago
Flu could never kill 2 million (or more) Americans in a single year like COVID can unchecked.
The current hysteria is not disproportionate.
- vl 6y agoNot only it could, it did. Adjusted for today’s population Spanish flu would kill 2 million. Yet lockdowns were way less severe and schools, for example, reopened. Moreover, looking at current numbers, covid is not on track to reach 2 million by any degree of imagination.
- king_magic 6y ago> Moreover, looking at current numbers, covid is not on track to reach 2 million by any degree of imagination. That is only the case because we shut down so much of the economy & society.