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Generally, statistically yes, but not always. Most of the people that died in the Spanish Flu epidemic died in the second wave, a year after the first. A couple
by simonh 5y ago
Generally, statistically yes, but not always. Most of the people that died in the Spanish Flu epidemic died in the second wave, a year after the first. A couple of years after that and less dangerous variants came to dominate but there was huge devastation before that came about.
- QuarterReptile 5y ago>but not always Nonetheless, in your example it did. At extreme cost, though that was already understood when you said Spanish Flu.
- simonh 5y agoYes long term, I'm just making the point that it can swing the other way for significant periods of time along the way.