The US population in 1919 was about 104 million, today that number is 382.2 milliin.
This means the US population has grown 265 percent to be 365 percent of 1919's population.
Now for the numbers...675 thousand deaths in the US for the Spanish Flu, in today's numbers that would be 2.46375 million people.
Funny how today's pandemic in no way compares to the Spanish Flu in numbers. The world is far from coming to an end and it is no excuse for giving up individual freedoms.
17 Apr 20
@eladar saidWho's ever said the world was coming to an end?
The US population in 1919 was about 104 million, today that number is 382.2 milliin.
This means the US population has grown 265 percent to be 365 percent of 1919's population.
Now for the numbers...675 thousand deaths in the US for the Spanish Flu, in today's numbers that would be 2.46375 million people.
Funny how today's pandemic in no way compares to the Spanish Fl ...[text shortened]... bers. The world is far from coming to an end and it is no excuse for giving up individual freedoms.
17 Apr 20
@eladar saidAccording to studies of the so-called Spanish Flu reported in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, malnourishment, overcrowded medical camps and hospitals, and poor hygiene promoted bacterial superinfection, which actually killed most of the victims.
Funny how today's pandemic in no way compares to the Spanish Flu in numbers. The world is far from coming to an end and it is no excuse for giving up individual freedoms.
17 Apr 20
@handyandy saidSo that in itself is reason to believe the numbers would never reach that high today, even with no intervention.
According to studies of the so-called Spanish Flu reported in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, malnourishment, overcrowded medical camps and hospitals, and poor hygiene promoted bacterial superinfection, which actually killed most of the victims.
17 Apr 20
@eladar saidthis virus has a long way to go
Make that 2.119 million people.
No change in argument. Compare the numbers for yourself.
let's look at your comparisons a few weeks from now
no one really knows
second wave
third wave
maybe no vaccine will ever be developed
look at it a year from now and make an informed comparison
17 Apr 20
@lemondrop saidIt is possible that we have more deaths over the next 2 years. Models show death rates drop with each round.
this virus has a long way to go
let's look at your comparisons a few weeks from now
no one really knows
second wave
third wave
maybe no vaccine will ever be developed
look at it a year from now and make an informed comparison
17 Apr 20
@handyandy saidLol, ok you and D can go on your jolly way.
Not at all. It's a different virus. Your grasp of science is feeble at best.
@eladar saidApples to oranges.
Funny how today's pandemic in no way compares to the Spanish Flu in numbers. The world is far from coming to an end and it is no excuse for giving up individual freedoms.
a) Information didn't fly around the world in 1918 like it does today. An outbreak in one part of the world can immediately be reported in seconds by anyone with a smartphone. The seriousness of an outbreak can be relayed and reacted to infinitely faster now than back then.
b) Medical treatment was nowhere near as advanced then as it is now.
One way the Pandemic is similar:
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic
How U.S. Cities Tried to Stop The 1918 Flu Pandemic
With pressure to appear patriotic at wartime and with a censored media downplaying the disease’s spread, many made tragic decisions.
Funny how history repeats itself.
