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The 68 flu killed between 1-4 million, so the high end in that one would be comparable to what we see with covid.
by swader999 5y ago
The 68 flu killed between 1-4 million, so the high end in that one would be comparable to what we see with covid.
- katbyte 5y ago1-4 that didn’t shutdown the wold isn’t comparable to covid nearing 4 million verified and likely far higher despite many actions and lockdowns taken. I’d much rather have lived through a 68 flu then covid thank you
- swader999 5y agoThe 68 was a lot more deadly amongst the young. Shutting the world was a political decision not a fact of the virus' behavior.
- Godel_unicode 5y agoIn 1968: - The population was much less densely gathered - The world population was roughly half what it is today - There was much less air travel - Testing was much worse - Statistics about mortality were much less evenly gathered There are worse things than lockdown.