COVID is starting to explode in India too. Its going to surpass the 50M from the 1918 flu pandemic

We are over 18M worldwide. Its now getting really bad in populous countries like India where many rural areas are lacking adequate healthcare. I fear this means its going to be here to stay for years to come with such a vast amount of affected people, many of which wont have rapid access to whatever vaccine we develop.

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COVID is starting to explode in India too. Its going to surpass the 50M from the 1918 flu pandemic (Original post)	drray23	Aug 2020	OP
50-100M is estimated deaths from the 1918 pandemic.	denem	Aug 2020	#1
That was with a 1.8 billion world population in 1918	LiberalArkie	Aug 2020	#2
In 1918 they did not know what a virus was.	denem	Aug 2020	#3
But they knew enough to wear masks.	LiberalArkie	Aug 2020	#4
Indeed.	denem	Aug 2020	#5

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Mon Aug 3, 2020, 07:03 PM

denem (11,045 posts)

1. 50-100M is estimated deaths from the 1918 pandemic.

That is not going to happen.

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Mon Aug 3, 2020, 07:16 PM

LiberalArkie (14,858 posts)

2. That was with a 1.8 billion world population in 1918

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Mon Aug 3, 2020, 07:21 PM

denem (11,045 posts)

3. In 1918 they did not know what a virus was.

They did not know the basics of incubation and had a rudimentary understanding of transmission, while troop carriers were traveling untrammeled around the world.

COVID is starting to explode in India too. Its going to surpass the 50M from the 1918 flu pandemic

1. 50-100M is estimated deaths from the 1918 pandemic.

2. That was with a 1.8 billion world population in 1918

3. In 1918 they did not know what a virus was.

4. But they knew enough to wear masks.

5. Indeed.