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TheFarseer

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10. Wish I could find a table that listed deaths per year

Reply to HockeyMom (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 02:01 PM

Jul 2020

Then I could do a real comparison. Anyway, those years were similar in how bad they were but neither was nearly as bad as Covid. Hopefully it will not top 1918 or we’ve got real problems.

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What year was it that the plain old flu killed 130,000 Americans in six months? Surely some [View all] Atticus Jul 2020 OP

...and killed that many is less than 6 months! samnsara Jul 2020 #1

Excellent point. See my edit. Thanks. nt Atticus Jul 2020 #14

even "plain old flu" can be deadly flyingfysh Jul 2020 #2

I actually thought of starting my post with "in the past 100 years", but deemed it Atticus Jul 2020 #12

I read up on this TheFarseer Jul 2020 #3

Also, the official flu numbers are always adjusted for estimated uncounted deaths... blitzen Jul 2020 #6

Actually I think you were right with '68/69 HockeyMom Jul 2020 #7

Wish I could find a table that listed deaths per year TheFarseer Jul 2020 #10

Quick search HockeyMom Jul 2020 #15

And that was with way more primitive treatments GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #17

One problem is that flu has a season. marie999 Jul 2020 #4

Don't hold your breath malaise Jul 2020 #5

My Mom never caught that flu from me HockeyMom Jul 2020 #8

We need to hammer that home malaise Jul 2020 #9

we're only halfway through the year, I expect it may be 200-250K+ by November (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Jul 2020 #11

1918 flu killed 650K by the time it was all over. Initech Jul 2020 #13

In An Era Where We Can ID The Virus! ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #16

Of course a 100 years of republican stupidity has not helped or the incompetence of POTUS. madinmaryland Jul 2020 #18

Fair! (nt) ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #20

Covid-19 will top 500k in the US IMO Amishman Jul 2020 #21

1918....57......68...... BGBD Jul 2020 #19

What percentage of COVID survivors are going to have life-long health issues? Quiet_Dem_Mom Jul 2020 #22