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I don't really follow where you are getting your data. The link in this comment only seems to show Covid data and no Spanish flu data (unless I'm missing someth
by DoreenMichele 5y ago
I don't really follow where you are getting your data. The link in this comment only seems to show Covid data and no Spanish flu data (unless I'm missing something) and the Wikipedia article indicates we don't have firm numbers even for the overall death toll of the Spanish flu.
It's generally true that disease preys upon the weak. That's not something that stands out to me, personally, as a special observation about the current pandemic.
Of course, there are always exceptions to any rule, but I don't really know why you are engaging in this way.
From my end, it looks like pedantry and it looks like pointless pedantry in this case. I don't see how it casts light on our current crisis.
I'm interested in better understanding our current crisis in hopes of finding a path forward.
- rkk3 5y ago> I don't really follow where you are getting your data. The link in this comment only seems to show Covid data and no Spanish flu data (unless I'm missing something) and the Wikipedia article indicates we don't have firm numbers even for the overall death toll of the Spanish flu. It's right in the cited wikipedia article. And that was a rude reply. You've made no specific claim and cited no evidence, only making broad tautological pontifications about "disease preying on the weak", when the profile of who diseases can target varies considerably like in the above example.