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To: i-node who wrote (703421)2/9/2020 10:23:11 PM
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Great article, thanks. I noticed, they say that the case fatality ratio of the Spanish flu was 2.5%. I thought it was higher. A quick check with Wiki shows that:
The global mortality rate from the 1918–1919 pandemic is not known, but an estimated 10% to 20% of those who were infected died ( case-fatality ratio).
However, in the same article, that say that:

In the U.S., about 28% of the population of 105 million became infected, and 500,000 to 675,000 died (0.48 to 0.64 percent of the population). [54]

en.m.wikipedia.org

Which is actually closer to 2%. It seems, the US fatality rate was a lot lower than in the rest of the world. Interesting. Will check into it.

Anyway... I’m glad that the coronavirus pandemic seems likely to have a much lower fatality rate, more like 0.2%.
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