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On the Spanish Flu specifically, the evidence indicates most people who died were killed by secondary bacterial infection, not the virus itself[1]. This was th
by vonmoltke 6y ago
On the Spanish Flu specifically, the evidence indicates most people who died were killed by secondary bacterial infection, not the virus itself[1]. This was the result of a combination of poor hygienic conditions and lack of antibiotics. Considering that, I think what we are witnessing with SARS-CoV-2 is about what the Spanish Flu would look like today.
[1] https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/196/11/1717/886065 https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/196/11/1717/886065
- heavyset_go 6y agoBacterial pneumonia has a 30% death rate these days.