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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Rocket Red who wrote (1470522)7/18/2024 8:06:13 PM
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"Bubonic plague deaths exceeded 25 million people"
Covid has killed 7 M globally. That's not as bad as the Spanish Flu, but covid has killed twice as many Americans as we lost then.

The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world's population was attacked by this deadly virus. Within months, it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history. The plague emerged in two phases.


The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 - National Archives


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Covid overtakes 1918 Spanish flu as deadliest disease in U.S. history (statnews.com)

statnews.com

Sep 20, 2021 — U.S. deaths make up roughly 14% of the nearly 4.7 million fatalities that have been reported worldwide in this pandemic to date.
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