Go back and list your numbers as a percentage of the US population at the time. Your scary Covid-19 numbers will look a lot less impressive.
1957 (Asian Flu) Population was 172M, fatalities were 116,000, for a rate of .68 deaths per million population.
1969 (Hong Kong Flu) Population was 202.7M, fatalities were 100,000, for a death rate of .49 deaths per million population
2002 (SARS) Population was 287.6M, fatalities were 0, for a death rate of 0.00 deaths per million population.
2009 (Swine Flu) Population was 306.8M, fatalities were 3,433, for a death rate of .01 fatalities per million population.
2020 (COVID-19) Population of 331M, fatalites are 165,617 (through August 09), for a fatality rate of .50 fatalities per million population.
So, the death rate for COVID-19 is higher than any other pandemic since 1957, with the exception of 1957. However, we’re not done yet. At an average fatality rate of 1,000 per day, we will exceed the fatality rate of 1957 by mid-October.
So, I stand by my point that this this outbreak is significantly more dangerous than the previous ones cited.