arunnerinwa wrote:
This is such a random factoid. There are more than 3 times as many Americans now as there were then (103 million). Furthermore, peak mortality for the Spanish flu was age 28.
28.
Thank about that for a minute. Imagine if the peak age of death was 28. And three times as many people were dying in less time.
In the US, the peak age of death is over 85 - can't find an exact stat, but definitely over 85.
It's so absurd to suggest that in any way Covid is anywhere near as severe a disease as the Spanish flu.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/
Exactly