Kagan is right. The chart you posted shows death rate, not total deaths. And Covid has now killed more Americans than any pandemic in history.
Also: There was no vaccine for Spanish flu. If we didn’t have one for Covid, the numbers would be much higher.
statnews.com/2021/09/20/cov…
Also: There was no vaccine for Spanish flu. If we didn’t have one for Covid, the numbers would be much higher.
statnews.com/2021/09/20/cov…
https://twitter.com/Bill_Fowler_/status/1479471587942449156
You realize that in 1918, more Americans also died from…literally everything, right?
Infant mortality in the year prior to the Spanish flu was 100/100,000. In 2018 it was 5.7/100,1000.
That’s a 17.5x rate of mortality for just “being born.”
Infant mortality in the year prior to the Spanish flu was 100/100,000. In 2018 it was 5.7/100,1000.
That’s a 17.5x rate of mortality for just “being born.”
https://twitter.com/bill_fowler_/status/1479491273820196867
Yes, the population is 3x greater. But background rate of death in this era is lower by many multiples of that. So it’s shocking to at deaths from Covid are greater than 1918 Spanish flu in our medically advanced world, where science and public health have massively progressed.
A little history for you.
usatoday.com/story/news/fac…
usatoday.com/story/news/fac…
https://twitter.com/bill_fowler_/status/1479498434256281605
And, as multiple people are pointing out: 1918-1919 is just *outside* of a century ago. (But there were continued outbreaks well into 1921, so I’ll accept pushback on this particular point.)
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