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Comparing it to the 1918 flu, which killed 17-100 million ... I dunno.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Mar 11 '20, 18:57

Mathematically it could kill 200+ million globally.

I doubt it gets above 1 million.

But I could be wrong.

But even then, that's still an unfathomable number of deaths to me.

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The Spanish flu was a rank amateur -- nm - Yersinia pestis Mar 11, 19:00
If the 1918 flu happened now, with the medical treatments we have, what would those numbers be? -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 18:59 1
- Great question. The mortality percentage could mean a higher comparative tally due to larger population, but the treatments would push it lower. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 19:06

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Comparing it to the 1918 flu, which killed 17-100 million ... I dunno.

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