[dinodino]

To put your question #1 in perspective, the Spanish Flu killed roughly 200k in the USA in the first year. We are halfway through the first year of COVID-19, at 150k deaths in the USA. If we have the same number of deaths in the USA for the second half of the year, for a total of 300k in 2020, then COVID-19 will have proven nearly as deadly as the Spanish Flu.

The population of the USA in 1918 was 103MM. The population in 2020 is 330MM. The Spanish Flu killed 0.19% of Americans the first year. If current numbers continue, COVID-19 will kill 0.09% of Americans during its first year, making COVID-19 approximately half as deadly as the Spanish Flu, and making it five times deadlier than seasonal flu (0.018% for last flu season.)

The virus is not a joke.

[MinorityRepublican]

The virus is not a joke.

No but the difference was that the Spanish flu struck the young while COVID-19 is deadly for the elderly and if you're under 50, you're not at risk unless you have an underlying condition

[DEPcom]

“COVID-19 will have proven nearly as deadly as the Spanish Flu.”

You are correct, if people do not treat the virus serious it could be more deadlier then the Spanish Flu.

Butt...

I think we have to wait on that statement to see how things go. Our Medical system is more advance, saving more lives.

Plus we might have either a vaccine or herd immunity soon (another coronavirus creating antibodies and T-Cells, this is still being research).

Hoping for the positive.

[SoCal Pubbie]

If my uncle had balls he’d have been my aunt. We are not going to see anywhere near that level of fatalities, in fact years from now the numbers are going to be corrected down, long after Trump is out of office.

[fr_freak]

To put your question #1 in perspective, the Spanish Flu killed roughly 200k in the USA in the first year. We are halfway through the first year of COVID-19, at 150k deaths in the USA.

Correction: we are halfway through the first year of COVID, with 150k deaths ATTRIBUTED to COVID. The actual number of COVID-caused deaths is unknown. My understanding is that we currently have a number of locations that are revising down their death numbers because WHOOPSIE! We said 98% when it was 9.8%! That is in addition to the number of deaths where COVID was merely present, assumed to be present, or a false positive, among other common reporting errors.

COVID may not descend to the level of being a complete joke, but it isn't anywhere near the level of the Spanish Flu.

[delta7]

” the virus is not a joke”....., you are correct, not a joke to unbelievers. A huge, massive hoax to those that are believers and have been given the eyes to see and ears to hear.