The Spanish flu of 1918 killed ~675k people in the US [0] and the US population was 105M [1], so the Spanish flu killed off a bit more than 0.6% of the entire U

The Spanish flu of 1918 killed ~675k people in the US [0] and the US population was 105M [1], so the Spanish flu killed off a bit more than 0.6% of the entire US population, or about 1 in 150 people. Despite massive improvements in sanitation and ability to distance from others, COVID has still killed a bit more than 0.2% of the entire US population in the past 2 years. These pandemics are comparable. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n... [1] https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210920/covid-matches-1918_flu_pandemic_for_deaths#:~:text=In%201918%2C%20the%20U.S.%20population,million%20people%20in%20America%20today https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210920/covid-matches-1918_....